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Every day, we learn new information about coronavirus. Of course, you have heard that the virus can be widespread by touching contaminated surfaces or even through droplets in the tunes of cough or sneezing of someone with COVID-19. And you also heard that most of the time, the virus enters your body when you touch the mouth or nose with contaminated hands. But new research suggests that there is also another entry point for coronavirus, also: your eyes. In a recent study on the University of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, researchers found that theCoronavirus can be transmitted through the eyes-And yes, it includes your tears.

The study, which has not yet been examined by peers, deduces your eyes producing ACE2, a receiver enzyme that coronavirus locks to enter the body. These receivers act as "gateways" in your cells. So what does it mean for your eyes? Well, if an infected person was sneezing or coughing around you and these droplets had to land near your eye, the coronavirus could enter your body through your eyes and infiltrate your cells. Or if you had to touch your eyes with contaminated hands in the same way, you can touch your mouth and infect you, you can also catch the coronavirus.

In addition, the researchers have found that your eyes could be a secondary site of the sense of infection, just like the virus infects your airways, it can infect your eyes. This could explain why, according to aJama Ophthalmology Study published on March 31, nearly 30% ofCovid-19 patients studied had conjunctivitis, better known as pink eye.

Johns Hopkins' study also found that coronavirus had been reported in the tears of CVIV-19 patients. So your tears could carry the coronavirus and could lead to transmission to other people in the same way as saliva of your mouth or my mucus of your nose could extend the contaminated droplets.

"Ocular surface cell infection could lead to the eye as an important support," the researchers wrote. "Our study therefore highlights the importance of security practices in the general community to prevent infection and propagation and the need for additional caution between ophthalmologists." And for more factors that can make you susceptible to COVID-19, checkThis type of blood makes you more at risk of coronavirus.