Les particularités de l'irritation de la surface oculaire associées au port de masque

Abstract

Today, eye irritation is a one-time manifestation that is increasingly encountered, due to certain factors of modern life and the deleterious effects of environmental pollution. Pathologies of the ocular surface can affect the vision and quality of life of patients and cause real discomfort. During the covid-19 pandemic that hit the world during December 2019, who recommends wearing masks as part of a comprehensive set of infection control measures to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. Wearing masks for long periods of time in places such as offices will be increasingly practiced. While these protective measures are essential to combat the spread of COVID-19, a new phenomenon is emerging: an increase in of eye irritation associated with the widespread use of masks. This is the MADE phenomena The objective of this study is to show the most frequent irritations that affect the ocular surface and their diagnostic and therapeutic conduct and to confirm the relationship between the appearance of eye irritations and the wearing of masks. The problem is therefore as follows: what are the peculiarities of the irritations that are associated with wearing masks? and how do masks affect the eye? To answer the problem a theoretical and practical study is done on a group of patients who suffers from eye irritations whose interrogation was asked based on a set of questions that concern sex, profession, ophthalmological, medical and family history without forgetting the complaints and signs is objective or subjective, types of masks used and the duration of wear in order to clearly specify the correct diagnosis and subsequently the correct treatment. The results show that most patients suffer much more from irritations such as dry eye or eye allergies and that the prolonged wearing of masks causes dry eye (MADE) and subsequently an allergy to the eye and vice versa.