Impact of psychological health on dry eye and management during 2019 novel coronavirus disease epidemic

Abstract

Since the end of 2019, 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks and spreads in Wuhan and whole globe, which brings great challenge to the public health prevention and control work in our country and even in the world. Although the national medical staffs and Public Health Epidemic Prevention personnel to fight the epidemic, a large number of patients and long-term isolation measures have had a huge impact on people's life style. The development of the epidemic has currently been eased, but the blockade and quarantine in many cities have not been completely lifted. During the controls of the coronavirus, changes in living style caused by long-term isolation as well as the fear of disease and economic recession will bring people various negative emotions. These mental health issues may cause and aggravate occurrence and development dry eye. We explores the impact of mental health on dry eye during the epidemic and possible mechanism and puts forward relevant suggestions for the management related eye diseases during and after the epidemic. Key words: Novel coronavirus disease; Mental health; Dry eye; Depression; Stress