Abstract
The novel coronavirus, referred to as SARS-COV 2, originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Since many Health Care Workers (HCW) and general public lost their lives. The only thing which can prevent from being infected is social distancing and wearing of mask (N95) and wearing of mask has its own adverse effects. This is a retrospective study conducted in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hind Institute of Medical Sciences, Sitapur from April 2020 to August 2020. The most common symptoms of wearing mask were headache, nasal dryness, eye dryness and acne for which extra precautions to be taken to deal with these conditions during COVID–19 pandemic. HCW should wear mask to prevent from exposing but while using the mask there are certain prerequisites which has to be followed to prevent from not only thr COVD – 19 but also the complications of prolonged use of N95 mask.
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