The natural lens should be clear as it refracts (bends) light rays that come into the eye to help us see, but since the lens is cloudy, vision begins to look blurry, hazy, or less colorful with a cataract. Yuri_Arcurs / iStock. “We know COVID-19 deprives the entire body of oxygen, including the brain, and this is what can cause eye and vision complications.” -Amber Dunn, O.D. Other symptoms included “grittiness, light sensitivity and lid swelling,” but these were the least common symptoms, according to South China Morning Post. “It passed, as the coronavirus kinda went, that eye problem passed and their vision dropped a little bit … They can range … In some cases, signs and symptoms of eyestrain can indicate an underlying eye condition that needs treatment. Light sensitivity is also a common trigger and symptom of migraines, which can accompany nausea, eye ache and severe headache. Eye nodules may be a sign you have coronavirus. Eyestrain can be annoying. Uveitis is inflammation inside your eye. Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic much is still coming to light about the clinical features of the disease. Uveitis, an inflammation of the eye. A year after recovering, I’m working to heal the things that COVID-19 deteriorated. The study reported that more than 18% of the surveyed COVID-19 patients experienced sore eyes, sensitivity to light and eye pain. This recent development buttresses the suggestion that blue light, in particular, pulsed blue light, which recent reports have shown to be 40 to 100 times more potent than the commonly available continuous wave blue light [, , ], has great potential to inactivate COVID-19 and other coronaviruses, in addition to suppressing related opportunistic bacterial infections. Shooting neuropathy. Although eye pain has not been identified as a common symptom of COVID-19, researchers are still continuing to learn more about the virus. Keratitis which is also caused corneal inflammation. The telltale symptoms of COVID-19 are now well known: shortness of breath, fever, digestive issues, etc, but now a new study in Radiology indicates that if you have nodules on your eye, they may be a sign of coronavirus.