My eye was ‘eaten away’ after I caught a parasite on a bus – I’m blind after agonising stabbing pains

VIVIAN Nosovitsky lost vision in her right eye after it was “eaten away” by a parasite she caught “on the bus”. The ...
Yahoo

Parasite that lived in woman's eye for 2 years likely came from crocodile meat

A mass that had been growing in a woman's eye for two years turned out to be a parasite that sometimes passes from reptiles to humans, doctors say. The doctors flagged contaminated crocodile meat as a ...
Newsweek

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 ...
AOL

Parasites Bury in Woman's Eye After She Went Swimming in Contact Lenses: 'Most Pain I've Ever Experienced'

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 with friends in August when she ...

Woman Left Blind from Parasites in Her Eye After Making This Common Contact Lens Mistake: 'Excruciating Pain'

“The pain felt like something was scratching my eye from the inside,” said Maureen Cronin, 53, after contracting a parasite A ...
USA Today

These tiny worms live in eyes, feed on tears and could transmit to humans

Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an emerging danger from the tiny worms that can cause blindness. The black bear ...