Open AccessAcute onset bilateral myopia in convalescence phase of varicella infection
Author(s) -
Parveen Rewri,
Gaurav Goyal,
Wazid Ali,
Ajay Sharma,
Deevender Sood
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
oman journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 0974-7842
pISSN - 0974-620X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-620x.149895
Subject(s) - medicine , convalescence , refractive error , ophthalmology , emmetropia , chickenpox , pediatrics , surgery , visual acuity , virology , virus
A 13 year old boy presented with sudden onset of painless blurring of vision in his both eye, twenty days following varicella infection. Ocular examination revealed -3.00 DS refractive error; and cilio-choroidal effusion. After treatment at 1 months he had unaided 6/6; N-6 vision in both eyes.