Some parasites can affect the eyes. Without treatment, this can lead to vision loss. Learn more about the types of eye parasites, their symptoms, and treatment options.

In this case, a parasite had embedded itself under the conjunctiva, or clear outer membrane, of the patient's left eye. There, it had grown to about 0.4 inch (10 millimeters) long. You may like ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

A woman has been left blind in her right eye after parasites burrowed into her cornea while swimming with contact lenses in. Brooklyn McCasland, 23, said she was in the ‘worst pain she’d ever ...

DOCTORS found parasites burrowed into a woman’s cornea after she made a common mistake while swimming in a pool. Maureen Cronin first thought she had an eyelash stuck in her eye, but the pain… ...

A New York woman, 53, was left blind in one eye after wearing contact lenses in the pool, leading to her contracting a parasite, acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), that causes damage to the cornea.

A woman had her left eye removed after she showered while wearing contact lenses and it got infected. Marie Mason caught a rare parasite infection, called Acanthamoeba keratitis, which can cause ...

DOCTORS were shocked to discover a woman’s painless lump in her eye was actually a parasite that comes from snakes. The 28-year-old, from the Congo, Africa, didn’t complain of any pain,… ...

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 ...

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 ...