Most common symptom observed in this covid era is dry eyes and negative impacts on health of the ocular surface. Pre-covid time, dry eye cases are 10% and during this covid era, dry eye cases have increased tremendously to 60% in all age groups. In particular, what we have observed are few mechanisms responsible for the onset for the dry eyes worsening or increasing symptomatology.

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Citation: Dileep Kumar Chennamsetti. “Dry Eye Disease in Covid Era - How Ocular Surface is Effected". Acta Scientific Ophthalmology 4.5 (2021):11 .

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