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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in individuals under 50 years of age with diabetes mellitus, affecting almost 40% of patients. The main ones......

The use of face masks can cause irritation of the ocular surface.

For more than a year, people all over the world have been trying to live with the COVID-19 pandemic, taking all measures that can help reduce the......

Research at the Luigi Sacco Hospital identifies the eye fundus examination as a useful test in patients with SARS-Cov-2 infection.

Growing and relevant clinical evidence demonstrates the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to attack endothelia and induce major alterations in blood vessels in many body districts. This......

Alterations in the tissues of the posterior segment of the eye correlated with the severe form of COVID-19.

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 infection are now well known: fever, persistent cough, loss or impairment of the sense of smell or taste. As regards the ocular system, conjunctivitis......

Correlation between headaches and the visual system Due to the close correlation between eyes and headaches, ophthalmologists are often the first doctors to assess patients with headaches......

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). The most common causes of vision loss in diabetic retinopathy are the form......

The continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic and the recurring waves of infection, which have put the health systems of many countries under pressure and profoundly changed the habits of the population,......

The corneal limbus is very susceptible to infection, while the central part of the cornea has only low levels of viral replication.

In times of pandemic, every health treatment carries risks that were not even conceivable before. This is true both for simple eye examinations and, above all, for surgeries......