More than 60 larvae were removed from a woman’s eyes during surgery

The person in charge of treatment believes she has roundworms

Published: 12/10/2023, at 17:58

The procedure was performed in Kunming Province, China – Photo: Reproduction/Mirror.

Doctors removed more than 60 live worms from a patient during emergency eye surgery. The terrified woman rushed to the hospital after she scratched her eye and saw that a small maggot had fallen out of it.

Emergency surgery was performed in the governorate Kunmingin China. Site staff reported that the space between the eyeballs and eyelids was filled with parasites.

According to the medical report published by the local press, about 50 of them were removed from the right eye and dozens more from the left eye.

The person responsible for treating the woman believes that she was infected with roundworms of this type FilarioideaIt is an infection usually transmitted through fly bites.

However, the patient believes it is possible that she contracted the disease from dogs or cats, which carry the infectious larvae in their bodies.

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