A doctor in India has pulled a live 13 centimetre-long worm from the eye of an elderly patient who was complaining of persistent pain in an operation reminiscent of a far-fetched alien movie plot.
When Dr V. Seetharaman examined 75-year-old patient P.K. Krishnamurthy at Mumbai's Fortis Hospital this week,
the eye expert was shocked by the highly unusual sight of the writhing parasite and had to operate speedily to remove it before serious damage was caused.
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In my view, it was more likely that the worm entered the eye when he was perhaps in the Ganges river or other rivers. Many of these people do as part of their rituals but it is not very hygienic. If it came from food source, how did it get into the eye?
Dr Ragini Parekh said it's an intestinal worms that enters the eye.
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