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Woman Discovers 'Worm-Like' Parasite Living in Eye for Two Years
A worm-like parasite lived in a woman's eye for two years, and doctors believe it entered her body after she ate crocodile meat. The infected 28-year-old woman, from the town of Basankusu in the ...
10 parasitic creatures living inside and on your body
From microscopic mites dwelling in our hair follicles to sizable tapeworms inhabiting our intestines, the human body plays host to a surprising array of organisms. Some, like Demodex mites, coexist ...
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Parasites Bury in Woman's Eye After She Went Swimming in Contact Lenses: 'Most Pain I've Ever Experienced'
Kennedy News and Media Parasites burrowed into a Texas woman’s eye, causing her to go blind — and it’s because she went swimming in contact lenses. Brooklyn McCasland, 23, visited Alabama ...
This worm-like parasite is killing off Florida’s native snakes
Snake lungworm disease, which infects at least 19 snake species, is poised to spread throughout the southeastern U.S.
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Woman had 14 worms pulled from her eye after rare infection
NEW YORK — An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies.
How to avoid parasitic eye infection caught by common bedroom habit that millions of people do
A doctor has shared how to avoid a parasitic eye infection which can be caused by allowing dogs to sleep on their beds.
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Woman thought coffee grounds were in her eye. It was a parasite from swimming in contacts
A trip to the beach has turned Brooklyn McCasland’s life upside down after she contracted a vision-threatening eye infection ...