5. Pain behind the eyes
This type of pain can be really distressing for a person, particularly as the diagnosis of Zika hasn’t yet been made in this imagined set of circumstances. A lingering pain that doesn’t go away even after a few days, is made even worse by things like increased sensitivity to light, increased blinking or flickering, and difficulty focusing on something such as a text or a computer screen.
Pain behind the eyes can lead a lot of people to worry that their sight could be affected the long term, and this is particularly fascinating, as a lot of people don’t realize the need to look after their eyes until it is too late. Even if it doesn’t turn out to be Zika, ruling out the virus for the benefit of every man, woman, and child in the community can be just as valuable. With eyes, they’re fine until they’re not. Possibly the cleverest organs in the human body, it’s all about the eyes.