Doctors for one hospital for South Korea don remove 11 live, translucent worms from di eyes of one 71-year-old farmer. Di man bin go hospital for cataract surgery, but tests show say him eyes dey carry parasitic roundworm infestation. Some of di female worms bin pregnant and don release fertilised eggs, and a few eggs don hatch into first-stage larvae.
Di case bin appear for New England Journal of Medicine, according to Gizmodo. Di patient bin complain of redness, blurred vision and foreign-body sensation for about two months. Lead author Ji Eun Song, ophthalmologist at Kangwon National University Hospital, tell Gizmodo say di patient dey do very well after treatment.
Doctors use topical anesthesia and fine forceps to pull out di worms one by one. Di worms measure between 11 and 20 millimetres. Dem no use deworming medicine; dem remove di worms physically, and dem report say no complication follow di procedure.
Anoda report by ZME Science and Around Prague talk about scientists wey find why cold temperature fit make worms live longer. Dem point to muscle as key. Di report ask whether di finding fit work for humans, but e no confirm say di same cold effect don work for people.
CDC also publish information about New World Screwworm outbreak.
Di worm matter no dey limited to fresh cases. For August 2023, Vanguard report how scientists find live 8cm worm inside di brain of one 64-year-old Australian woman. Surgeon Dr Hari Priya Bandi pull di worm from her damaged frontal lobe during surgery for Canberra. Di woman bin get stomach pain, cough, night sweats, forgetfulness and depression before di discovery. Scan show atypical lesion for right frontal lobe, but biopsy for June 2022 reveal di worm. Doctors tok say di red parasite fit don stay there up to two months. Di woman live near lake for south-eastern New South Wales and she dey recover. Researchers for Emerging Infectious Diseases journal believe na first instance of larvae invasion and development inside human brain.
