{"id":144560,"date":"2022-01-05T19:12:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T23:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=144560"},"modified":"2022-01-06T07:37:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T11:37:17","slug":"boy-9-almost-went-blind-when-he-developed-covid-eye-after-testing-positive-for-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/boy-9-almost-went-blind-when-he-developed-covid-eye-after-testing-positive-for-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"BRISTOL: Boy, 9, \u2018almost went blind\u2019 when he developed \u2018Covid-eye\u2019 after testing positive for virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-359744583\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>A nine-year-old boy almost went blind and spent Christmas in hospital after developing \u2018Covid eye\u2019 \u2013 a rare side effect that scientists have linked to coronavirus.<\/p><div id=\"antig-292249523\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Zac Morey, who is in Year 5 at school, lost vision in his left eye less than a week after testing positive for the virus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-1277536178\" class=\"antig-inside-article-content\"><\/div>\n<p>The boy\u2019s eye completely closed up following his diagnosis with orbital cellulitis \u2013 a bacterial infection of the eye socket.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3639086921\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-202892215\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"IMG_0979\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:883\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 1047w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:245\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 245w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:838\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 838w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:939\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0979.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1280\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Zac, from Bristol, has since fully recovered but his family have warned others that if the infection is too deep it can cause blindness.<\/p><div id=\"antig-983315196\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-1879207340\" class=\"antig-content\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-1486569305\" class=\"antig-before-youtube-ads socialMedia\"><\/div>\n<p>His mother Angela, 37, said: \u2018His eye looked like it was going to explode.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There was no way he could open it without pulling the skin. It was swollen beyond anything I\u2019ve ever seen.\u2019<\/p><div id=\"antig-3512403872\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_0783\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMG_0783.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-1821189661\" class=\"antig-content_2\"><\/div>\n<p>Zac\u2019s eye problem started after he tested positive for Covid along with his mum and four siblings on December 16.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster suffered cold-like symptoms and spent his self-isolation period playing computer games at home.<\/p><div id=\"antig-4080131000\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"IMG_1115\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1115.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>But on December 22 \u2013 when he twice tested negative for Covid \u2013 he developed pain in his left eye.<\/p><div id=\"antig-724995881\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Angela, a local councillor, said: \u2018I thought it was just being on the computer for seven days solid so didn\u2019t think anything of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But by Christmas Eve it was not good at all. We took him to hospital and he was put on an antibiotic drip until Boxing Day.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u2018They said if it goes too far into the eye then it can cause blindness. The doctors said it was an allergic reaction to the virus that affects children.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Zac was discharged from hospital on Boxing Day after undergoing an eye test that confirmed his vision had fully recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) lists conjunctivitis as a side effect of Covid, while studies have linked orbital cellulitis and coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-58616 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Capture-2.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Capture-2.jpg 827w, https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Capture-2-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Capture-2-768x662.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"827\" height=\"713\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A report published in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery examined a 28-year-old male patient in Southern Brazil with orbital cellulitis after testing positive for Covid.<\/p>\n<p>The case findings of Doctor Vin\u00edcius Almeida Carvalho and his team at the State University of Londrina, Brazil, indicated that Covid may contribute to sinus infection, which can potentially spread to the area surrounding the eye.<\/p>\n<p>A report from the American Academy of Ophthalmology examined three patients at New York\u2019s Northwell Health hospital, and also found a possible link between eye infection and coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The three patients, who had all tested positive for Covid, were diagnosed with keratitis that quickly led to endophthalmitis \u2013 an infection of the tissues or fluids inside the eyeball \u2013 and profound vision loss within two months.<\/p>\n<p>While the evidence did not show that Covid caused the eye infections, it considered keratitis leading to endophthalmitis as \u2018exceedingly rare\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers said that having three cases present within two months in New York, where there is a high number of Covid cases, is a cause for more investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-58614 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Capture-1.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Capture-1.jpg 988w, https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Capture-1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antiguabreakingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Capture-1-768x596.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"767\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And another study linking orbital cellulitis to coronavirus was published last March by Masood Bagheri and colleagues at Kermanshah University\u2019s Department of Ophthalmology in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>It noted at the time: \u2018However the published reports of ocular involvements in Covid-19 are currently limited, there are few reports of orbital involvement in patients with Covid-19 such as orbital cellulitis.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The study presented orbital cellulitis as a \u2018possible manifestation\u2019 of Covid-19, but was unable to determine whether the virus is a coincidental or a predisposing factor to the bacterial infection.<\/p>\n<p>It theorised that Covid contributing to immunodeficiency and sinus obstruction could result in orbital cellulitis, adding: \u2018Although, for confirming this hypothesis more studies and reports are warranted in the future.\u2019<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-2370327614\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nine-year-old boy almost went blind and spent Christmas in hospital after developing \u2018Covid eye\u2019 \u2013 a rare side effect that scientists have linked to coronavirus. Zac Morey, who is in Year 5 at school, lost vision in his left eye less than a week after testing positive for the virus. 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