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Daily Mail Reporter
08:22 EST, 30 June 2012
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10:05 EST, 30 June 2012
Mr Krishnamurthy underwent surgery to remove the 5 inch long live worm
An Indian man suffering from an irritated and itchy right eye was astonished when doctors found a five-inch-long worm living in his eye socket.
The man, 75-year-old PK Krishnamurthy from Mumbai, had suffered discomfort for some time – and had been given medication in the hope that the misdiagnosed eye condition would clear up.
But when Mr Krishnamurthy returned and complained that the condition was not improving, doctors decided to take a very close look.
After a detailed examination
medics in Mumbai found the worm behind his eyeball – and the stowaway
was removed during minor surgery yesterday.
Dr V Seetharaman, eye surgeon at Fortis Hospital in Mumbai, said: ‘Mr Krishnamurthy was lucky the worm was found in time.
He said: ‘His symptoms have now disappeared but it appears he was lucky the worm travelled only as far as his eye.
‘If it had not been removed it could have entered the patient’s brain and caused major neurological problems.’
It is still not clear how the worm entered Mr Krishnamurthy and ended up in his eye socket.
A relieved Mr Krishnamurthy said: ‘Doctors initially gave me some medicine but it did not work.’
Doctors were stunned to find the worm after Mr Krishnamurthy complained of persistent pain. They rushed surgery at Mumbai’s Fortis Hospital to stop the parasite from causing damage
Mumbai hospital medical director Dr S Narayani said: ‘The worm has been sent to a microbiology laboratory for further tests.
‘Such cases are not unknown but they are unusual for their rarity. Somehow the worm gets into the bloodstream and grows inside the human body.’
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Oh my God I just puked a little! Poor man shudder and where in God’s name did it come from? itchy eye at moment in sympathy…
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Sam king Amersham and all the pc brigade. I have commented on this story 4times and have been reported for saying India is a very dirty place to live. Just watch any documentary or travel show and you can see how they live.it’s no wonder they are riddled with nasty parasites.
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Mentally cringing and cannot bear to imagine the reality, so I’ll try to soothe my nerves by believing this explanation too.
It is clearly not a worm, it is a rogue piece of pasta which probably entered the gentlemans eye socket during a perfectly normal food fight. The cause of the irritation was doubtless a sauce piquant, much consumed on the Indian continent. Well done to the medics for finding it, but woeful diagnosis.- burplington bertie, bo, 01/7/2012 14:57
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It is clearly not a worm, it is a rogue piece of pasta which probably entered the gentlemans eye socket during a perfectly normal food fight. The cause of the irritation was doubtless a sauce piquant, much consumed on the Indian continent. Well done to the medics for finding it, but woeful diagnosis.
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@BB Green I havn’t read all of the comments, but how has this story got anything to do with the pc brigade?
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Not the best seat in the house but it would have a worms eye view.
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This story and its comments just prove what power the pc brigade have.
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I can remember that I read about this in a book during history lessons, and it said that it was commonplace back in the dark ages!
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This is no mystery eye condition, this is called filariasis. It is a tropical disease. You would not say Chlamydia, gonorrhoea etc. is a mystery disease if you not know about it , or rare in a community.Grow up, to those saying yuk, stop watching embarrasing bodies if this is yuk
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Gross much!!!
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