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Madikeri, Sep. 18: A 10 cm long worm stuck in a person's eye was surgically removed in Madikeri. It has been learned that this strange worm was stuck in the eye of a 64-year-old man and if urgent treatment was not given, blindness would have occurred.
An ex-serviceman, a resident of Cherambane, had been suffering from constant itching in his left eye for the past 1 month, and he arrived at the Iksha Super Speciality Eye Hospital in Madikeri for treatment on Sep. 12. When the doctor here, Dr. A.G. Chinnappa, examined him, he found a lump in the conjunctiva (white part) of the eye. When he looked closely, it was revealed that this lump was moving. Later, a scan of the eye was done and a long worm was found inside the lump. Since emergency treatment was required, surgery was performed to remove the worm. The worm was measured and found to be 10 cm long. Microbiological tests confirmed that it was a loa-loa worm, which is commonly found in Africa.
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