Ophtho issues arise with forced masking

Increases in dry eye, chalazion, blepharitis and hordeolum cases. Post op infections too. PREMIUM CONTENT subscriber access

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May 07, 2023

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Fig. 3 — Photograph illustrating upwardly displaced air flow in a subject wearing a face mask, as demonstrated by fogging of eye glasse lenses. Note the relatively uniform fogging pattern suggests a reasonably equal distribution of breath throughout the periocular region. *-RZ Silkiss*

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This newsletter reports more grave news of iatrogenic harm; forced masking increases eye infections and injuries, and the ophthalmologists make it worse when they force masks on operative patients and their surgeons.

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