Revelation 6:7,8 NCV When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, "Come!"8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider was named death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill people by war, by starvation, by disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.
An American doctor who had been treated in Atlanta for Ebola and declared free of the virus by his doctors has now been found to have the virus in his eye two months after his release.
Dr. Ian Crozier was experiencing horrific pain in his left eye according to the New York Times. The pressure in his eye kept increasing while vision decreased and the hue of his eye changed from blue to green.
Tests showed the virus was still living in his eye.
“It felt almost personal that the virus could be in my eye without me knowing it,” Crozier said.
The 44-year-old doctor contracted the disease while working at a hospital in Sierra Leone. The doctors at Emory University Hospital called Crozier “the sickest of all the four Ebola patients” who they had treated.
Emory University has updated the treatment protocols for victims of the virus.
“Following recovery from Ebola virus disease, patients should be followed for the development of eye symptoms including pain, redness, light sensitivity and blurred vision, which may be signs of uveitis,” said Steven Yeh, associate professor of ophthalmology at Emory University School of Medicine.
Emory said in a statement that they did not find the virus in tears and the outer membranes of the eyes.
“These findings have implications for the thousands of Ebola virus disease survivors in West Africa and also for health care providers who have been evacuated to their home countries for ongoing care,” Jay Varkey, assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine said. “Surveillance for the development of eye disease in the post-Ebola period is needed.”
