Patients with ocular monkeypox experienced delays in treatment, prolonged illness, hospitalization and, in one case, significant vision impairment, according to a CDC report.
“Ocular monkeypox is rare but can be a sight-threatening condition,” study author Shama Cash-Goldwasser, MD, told Healio/OSN. “Anyone with monkeypox can develop ocular monkeypox if the virus gets into the eye, which can occur through autoinoculation of the eyes — or if a patient touches a lesion and then touches their eye.”
The report outlines five cases of ocular monkeypox reported from July