In a rare medical case, parasitic worms grew underneath a woman's upper eyelid.

A Thelazia infection, called Thelaziasis, can “cause mild to severe signs and lesions, such as foreign body sensation, ...

Doctors in China were surprised to discover a parasitic infection had caused live worms to grow under a woman's right eyelid.

Terry Liu via Unsplash Thelazia are a group of nematodes ... sac and was given a new prescription for eye drops, according to the report. The worms did not return. T. callipaeda, the species ...