Forty-three-year old Dr Ian Crozier survived the virus after being flown to the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta last year, after contacting the virus while working in Sierra Leone.
Dr. Ian Crozier, an American doctor, was diagnosed with Ebola in September 2014 while working in Sierra Leone with the World Health Organization.
He was sent back to the United States to Emory University Hospital’s special Ebola unit in Atlanta, Georgia.
Crozier left the hospital in October when Ebola was no longer detected in his blood, the New England Journal of Medicine reported Thursday.
But two months later he developed an inflammation and very high blood pressure in his left eye. It caused swelling and serious vision problems.
He then suffered blurred vision, pain and inflammation, and the colour of his eye turned from grey to green.
Doctors decided to test his aqueous humour, the watery substance inside the eye, and it tested positive for Ebola.
This discovery took the doctors by surprise who were all unaware that the virus could hide and grow in the eyes after it has been vanquished elsewhere in the body.
The worst ever outbreak of Ebola began in southern Guinea in December 2013 before spreading to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The death toll now exceeds 11,000, the World Health Organization reported this week.
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