WEIRD SCIENCE Double trouble as eyes hit by Covid

AS IF Covid hasn’t caused enough health woes already, it has now been blamed after a man in India suffered double vision for ten days.

Doctors discovered the 58year-old was an undiagnosed diabetic with dangerously high blood sugar levels, and a PCR test came back positive.

They believe the man began seeing double because the virus caused his blood sugar levels to spike – a known effect of Covid – which changed the shape of the lens in his eye and distorted his sight. Their report, in

BMJ Case Reports, reveals he was successfully treated with diabetic medication to lower his blood sugar levels.