Doctors have discovered a new complication of monkeypox which is affecting people's eyes and eyesight. Common symptoms of the disease include lesions, a high temperature, headache and backache.
But health experts in the US have reported five cases of ocular monkeypox between July and September this year. The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said the complication involves the “presence of new ocular disease compatible with Orthopoxvirus (OPXV) infection in a patient with probable or confirmed monkeypox".
Patients experience corneal ulcers, keratitis, conjunctivitis, corneal scarring, and in more severe cases, they could go blind. Since May 2022 there have been a spate of outbreaks reported in the US, UK, Australia, mainland Europe and Canada, reports The Mirror.
