Higher incidence of retinal vascular occlusion after COVID-19 infection
With COVID-19 known to cause vascular damage and induction of a prothrombotic state, investigators examined the risk of retinal vascular occlusions in patients with COVID-19 infections. This cohort study of 432,515 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 found that the incidence of retinal vein occlusions, but not retinal artery occlusions, appeared to increase in the 6 months after COVID-19 diagnosis. Patients with COVID-19 infection may have an increased risk of retinal vein occlusion in the 6 months after infection, similar to the increased risk of systemic vascular damage associated with COVID-19, and clinicians need to consider this factor when evaluating these patients. Read the full study at JAMA Ophthalmology.
