Red eyes might be a sign that a patient is very sick with coronavirus, according to a nurse who has been on the front lines of the pandemic.
Chelsey Earnest, who works at the embattled Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington, claims that the eyes are a clear tell that someone is infected, CNN reported. “It’s something that I witnessed in all of them,” Earnest said. “They have, like … allergy eyes.” Earnest said she and her colleagues, along with admitting doctors at a nearby hospital, all noticed the strange symptom. “The white part of the eye is not red. It’s more like they have red eye shadow on the outside of their eyes,” Earnest said. She continued: “We’ve had patients that just had the red eyes as the only symptom that we saw and go to the hospital and pass away.” “I’ve even had the disaster medical control physician say, ‘Do they have the red eyes?’ And I will say yes. And he’ll say, ‘I’ll find you a bed.’ It’s just something about this, the way that it affects these patients.” At least 37 deaths have been linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Life Care Center. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns of symptoms such as high fever, dry cough and shortness of breath — but makes no mention of eye issues in the agency’s guidance on the virus...snip https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/red-eyes-may-be-telltale-symptom-of-coronavirus-nurse/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
