"Eye infections, in contrast, are easily visible from the outside, are symptomatic, but particularly super rare. "Treatment is by surgery, i.e., surgical removal of these larval parasites from the ...

If caught early enough, doctors can prescribe eye drops which can kill the parasites. In around 40% of cases doctors have to perform surgery, which involves scraping the outside of the eye to ...

When the ride made it to the end, Trostle claims that some of the dirty water splashed onto his face and into his left eye. That, he says, is when the parasite microsporidia entered his eye ...

I was misdiagnosed with HSV1 in my eye but after five different ophthalmologists and 2 cornea specialists visits, I was diagnosed with a very rare parasite in my eye called acanthamoeba keratitis ...

A woman had her left eye removed after she caught a difficult-to-treat parasitic infection from showering while wearing her contact lens. Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but serious infection ...