Woman, 21, Wears Contact Lenses, Ends Up Blind Due to Rare Parasite on Eye

Vivian Nosovitsky told Newsweek the rare eye infection came from bacteria getting into her contact lenses, causing the ...

A blinding parasitic eye disease affects mostly contact lens wearers. Here’s how to avoid it

Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.

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

A rare amoeba caused Brooklyn McCasland to go blind in one eye — and she’s still struggling with the parasitic infection Kennedy News and Media Brooklyn McCasland was infected with a parasite in her ...
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Moorhead teen battles parasite that attacked eye via contact lens

MOORHEAD — A Moorhead High School sophomore is dealing with a rare eye disease because a microscopic parasite infected him after a swim in an area lake. Getting back onto the ice and practicing with ...
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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 ...

Woman Visits the Galápagos and All She Got Was This Exotic Eye Parasite

“Our clinical and epidemiologic findings show that the zoonotic eye fluke P. lacrymosus can infect humans in South America.
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Parasite worm found inside man’s eye, causing blurred vision: Here's what doctors said

In a rare and alarming medical case from rural India, a 35-year-old man visited an ophthalmologist due to blurry vision, only to discover a live parasitic worm moving inside his eye. The unusual case, ...