Doctors pulls out "parasitic creature" from a Boy's eye

There are so many causes of swollen eyes, some of it includes "sore eyes", "allergic reactions", "hay fever" and many more. But this Boy from Peru had his eyes swollen because of a rare instance.

Doctors at the National Children's Hospital in Lima, Peru, soon discovered that a worm was responsible for the swelling that had been affecting the 17-year-old for four weeks.

An worm was living in this boy's eye for more than a month

They made discovery after taking an MRI scan of the young man, whose name was not mentioned in media reports.

In the clip, a doctor sets about removing the worm with a pair of tweezers before finally pulling it out to shocked screams from the medical team.

Ophthalmologist Carolina Marchena, explained how the worm posed serious risks to the boy's health due to swelling near a sensitive part of the face known as the "triangle of death" or "danger triangle" from which infections can spread to the brain.

She said:

The location of the worm from the lower lid, which was getting bigger, made the risks increase because the youth's tissue was swelling in an area close to the sinuses that's close to the delicate part which is the triangle of death [danger triangle of the face].

Marchena said they used a common culinary herb, basil, to lure part of the worm from the boy's eye.

Basil was used as a way of attracting the worm and due to the smell the worm came out [from inside eye] and that's why we used it [the basil].

Once the head of the hungry worm poked out in search of the basil, doctors were able to use tweezers to pull it out in its entirety.

However, because of the size of the worm it was impossible that it would come out completely on its own. It just stuck a little part out, which was its head,

she said.

Doctors slowly pulling out the huge parasite.

Due to the timely removal, the worm, which was three centimetres (one inch) long, did not cause any long-term damage, according to the Peruvian Correo Newspaper.

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