The 26-year-old women thought her left eye was irritated because of a stray eyelash. She thought she saw a piece of clear fuzz. She pinched it with her fingers and pulled it out. It was a worm. About half-inch long, translucent and threadlike that was alive and squiggling around. Later, she visited to local urgent care clinic, the clinicians did not know what to tell her, but they pulled out more worms. She was not in pain, but her eye was red and inflamed.
CDC diagnosed her with a parasitic disease and figured out she had been infected by eye worm ( Thelazia gulosa ) that infects cattle. This is the first case reported in human, a rare eye worm infection that had only been found in cows. Could this worm infest her brain? Could Thelazia gulosa cause blindness? How long the symptoms been seen? *This case is for Docplexus editorial team for educative purpose only Source: The Washington…
