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Rise in eye disease caused by stress seen amid COVID pandemic, hospital says
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There has been a rise in cases of an eye disease, believed to be exacerbated by stress, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Assuta Hospital in Ashdod.
Channel 12 news reports that the hospital found a 200% rise in cases of central serous retinopathy amid the pandemic. The disorder, which causes visual impairment, often temporary, and usually in one eye, is believed to be caused by stress.
Hospital officials associate the rise in cases amid the pandemic with the stress it caused, rather than seeing it as a side effect of COVID itself.
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