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Case Reports
. 2022 Nov 2;15(3):403-406.
doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_19_22. eCollection 2022 Sep-Dec.

Accommodative insufficiency in post-COVID-19 case with refractive error

Sultan H Alrashidi  1
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Accommodative insufficiency in post-COVID-19 case with refractive error

Sultan H Alrashidi. Oman J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

The aim of the case report is to present refractive error with accommodative insufficiency as a possible postinfectious manifestation of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Three weeks after the COVID-19 infection, a 22-year-old subject presented with blurring of distance and near vision with a frontal headache after prolonged near work. The patient was not using any refractive correction before the COVID-19 infection. This case report describes the diagnosis, management, and treatment of accommodative dysfunction in a patient with a history of COVID-19 infection.

Keywords: Accommodative facility; accommodative insufficiency; amplitude of accommodation; fusional vergence; post-COVID syndrome; refractive error.

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