Accommodative insufficiency in post-COVID-19 case with refractive error

Abstract

The aim of the case report is to present refractive error with accommodative insufficiency as a possible postinfectious manifestation of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Three weeks after the COVID-19 infection, a 22-year-old subject presented with blurring of distance and near vision with a frontal headache after prolonged near work. The patient was not using any refractive correction before the COVID-19 infection. This case report describes the diagnosis, management, and treatment of accommodative dysfunction in a patient with a history of COVID-19 infection.

Keywords

• accommodative facility
• accommodative insufficiency
• amplitude of accommodation
• fusional vergence
• post-covid syndrome
• refractive error