Published 02:55 IST, November 7th 2019
Woman finds wriggly roundworms in her eyes after developing irritation
Woman finds wriggly roundworms in her eyes after developing irritation. The worms were identified as Thelazia gulosa which is generally found in cattle.
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In a report published in journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, a peculiar case of a woman was mentioned who was infected by ringworms that was found in her eye. case is second among cases of similar zoo tonic diseases in world. 68-year-old Nebraska woman was contracted with an infection with a rare parasitic eye worm. Before her, a 26-year-old Oregon woman was reportedly infected with it.
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woman spent her winters in California's Carmel Valley, was re in March 2018 when she felt irritation in her right eye and flushed it with tap water. She was horrified to fight live ringworm washed out of her eye. worm was about 1.3-centimeter long following which she looked closely at her eye and discovered a second roundworm. As per reports, she got rid of second worm as well.
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worms were identified as lazia gulosa
Following this, woman visited an ophthalmologist, who found a third roundworm, kwn as a nematode, from woman's eye. doctor preserved it and sent it for examination and found that worm was a species of eye worm called lazia gulosa. woman continuously flushed her eyes to remove any more worms and was given medicines to prevent bacterial infections. She suffered from irritation for a few weeks after which she was healed.
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worm affects cattle and humans are favourable hosts
worm generally affects cattle. woman claims that she got infection from one of her trail runs when a group of flies attacked her during her run in Carmel Valley in February 2018. Researchers said that having a second case in US within two years could be an indication that T. gulosa infections are becoming more common in domestic cows and thus resulting in a spillover in humans. As worm lay eggs in eyes, it is proved that humans are good hosts.
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02:54 IST, November 7th 2019