The good news is, spectacle wearers: Your spectacles can give you a little extra protection from the novel coronavirus, according to new study findings.
In a report published on the pre-print site Medrexive earlier this month, researchers said that those who wear glasses for at least eight hours during the day are less likely to develop novel disease because they do not touch their eyes more often than they do frequently. Touches. Glasses.
In a report published on the pre-print site Medrexive earlier this month, researchers said that those who wear glasses for at least eight hours during the day are less likely to develop novel disease because they do not touch their eyes more often than they do frequently. Touches. Glasses. (iStock)
COVID-19 is mainly spread when a sick person coughs, sneezes or speaks, there is a risk to healthy individuals by infectious particles, they should inhale those infectious particles (hence the importance of wearing a mask and social distance measures). However, the virus is also spread through the membranes that protect your eyes, i.e. the conjunctiva.
Indeed, “touching and rubbing the eyes with a contaminated hand can be a significant route of infection for the SARS-Cavi-2 virus,” the researchers wrote.
Coronavirus woman’s eyes after prolonged IT clearing through her nose, retrieval of the study
For the study, researchers surveyed more than 300 hospitalized people in India due to COVID-19. Patients aged 10 to 80 were asked about their habit of wearing glasses. The report identified about 60 patients as “long-term spectacle-wearers.”
In the end, the researchers found that people who wore glasses were two to three times less likely to contract COVID-19 than those who did not.
“This current study showed that the risk of COVID-19 was 2-3 times lower in the population than in those who wore glasses and did not use glasses. [The] The protective role of the glasses was found to be statistically important if used [a] The long hours of the day, “or more than eight hours, they concluded.
Findings encourage previous research on this topic. In a study published in Jama Ophthalmology in September, for example, Chinese researchers also found that those who wear glasses for extended daily periods may be less susceptible to covid-19.
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“According to reports published in recent years, the prevalence of myopia [or nearsightedness] “China now has more than 80% of the population,” said study authors at the time. Wearing glasses is common among Chinese individuals of all ages. However, after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan in December 2019, we observed that a few spectacle patients were admitted to the hospital ward. “
Kailash Rivas of Fox News contributed to this report.
