Conjunctivitis

A study of 40 patients recently published in Cureus suggested that SARS-CoV-2 may be transmissible via ocular routes.

Reproxalap for the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis achieved the primary and secondary endpoints in the phase 3 INVIGORATE-2 clinical trial, according to a press release from Aldeyra Therapeutics.

Ocular surface infections include infectious conjunctivitis and infectious keratitis.

Smoking heated tobacco products during pregnancy was associated with allergy — specifically asthma, rhinitis and conjunctivitis, and atopic dermatitis — in offspring, according to a study published in Allergy.

Lirentelimab safely improved severe allergy conjunctivitis and concomitant atopic symptoms, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In June 2021, Verkazia was approved for the treatment of vernal keratoconjunctivitis in children and adults.

Different age-specific patterns defined the relationships between early daycare, severe airway infection, preterm birth and atopy-related diseases in childhood, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

The effect of eye rubbing in children and FDA approvals lead Healio/OSN coverage in October.

Use of environmental exposure chambers to test for conjunctivitis response from birch appeared to be closer to natural exposure vs. use of conjunctival allergen challenge, according to data published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.

The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, rarely appeared in the conjunctiva when tested by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, according to a meta-analysis published in Optometry and Vision Science.