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Accommodative insufficiency in post-COVID-19 case with refractive error
1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraydah, Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
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.
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