BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE
For the first time, Ebola has been discovered inside the
eyes of a patient months after the virus was gone from his blood.
The new report concerns Dr.
Ian Crozier, a 43-year-old American physician diagnosed with Ebola in September
while working with the World Health Organization in Sierra Leone. Ebola has
infected more than 26,000 people since December 2013 in West
Africa . Some survivors have reported eye problems but how often
they occur isn't known. The virus also is thought to be able to persist in
semen for several months.
He was treated at Emory University
Hospital 's special Ebola unit in Atlanta and released in
October when Ebola was no longer detected in his blood. Two months later, he
developed an inflammation and very high blood pressure in one eye, which causes
swelling and potentially serious vision problems.