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 ...

For several months, British woman Shereen-Fay Griffin had been experiencing increasing itching and eye pain. Finally, at the hospital, specialists diagnosed the presence of a carnivorous parasite.

known as Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy (RB-PDAT), combines a bioactive synthetic small molecule known as Rose Bengal Sodium with a light-based medical device to help manage eye ...

I was misdiagnosed with HSV1 in my eye but after five different ophthalmologists and 2 cornea specialists visits, I was diagnosed with a very rare parasite in my eye called acanthamoeba keratitis ...

About 1 million people in the U.S. seek treatment each year for eye infections, which can result from bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites invading the eye, according to the Cleveland Clinic.