October 22, 2022, 8 parasites were removed from the eyes of an 8-month-old baby boy in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. At first, the baby's eyes became uncomfortable and rubbed their eyes. The situation did not improve after taking the medicine. The mother took advantage of the child's sleep and opened his right eyelid and saw white insects squirming.
The chief ophthalmologist Yuan Lu, a Zhejiang University, said it was nematode . How come there are nematodes in the eyes of children?
After the doctor asked, the child had a pet dog at home, and nematodes mainly parasitize in the conjunctival sacs of animals such as cats, dogs, rabbits, etc. After the child hugged the animal, he rubbed his eyes after touching the pet, and it was easy to transmit the insect eggs and larvae to his eyes.
and conjunctiva sucking nematode can be transmitted through insect vectors or contact, and both adults and children may get sick.
The doctor took out the nematodes in the eyes of the baby boy and told him to follow up the examination.
so say! Keep a pet! You must do deworming, do vaccines regularly, and be sure to bathe your pet.
sucking cats and petting dogs, be sure to pay attention to hygiene!
people can’t even rub the sand in their eyes, but they can grow! Dogs or cats always rub their paws against their eyes, which we think is shy. In fact, this may be a sign of eye disease, including the possibility of parasites in the eyes.
There will also be parasites in your eyes?
A nematode in the genus Sucking Nematode family. It mainly parasitizes in the conjunctival sac of animals such as dogs and cats, and can also parasitizes in the human eye, causing sucking nematode disease. Therefore, diseases are mostly prevalent in Asia, so they are also called Oriental Eyeworm disease.
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Sucking nematode adult body is slender, cylindrical, milky white, translucent, and the surface of the insect body has sharp ring wrinkles on the edges. From the side, it is arranged in jagged shape. It can penetrate into the conjunctiva under the lacrimal gland or lacrimal tubule , and enter the anterior chamber, the eyeball and the eye socket.
worm body can cause conjunctival inflammation, vision loss, eye sting, etc. In severe cases, conjunctival congestion , forming a small ulcer surface, corneal turbidity, eyelid enlargement, etc.
How did this bug get into your eyes?
The main sources of infection of sucking nematodes are dogs and cats, followed by rabbits and other animals.
In recent years, it has been confirmed that the Okada ocular fruit fly is the intermediate host of conjunctiva sucking nematode in my country and is the transmission vector of this disease. The female nematode produces larvae in the third eyelid. When the fly licks and absorbs the eye, the larvae will be swallowed by the fly.
larvae undergoes 2 molting development in the flies and then move to the flies' mouthparts. When the fly licks and sucks the eyes of other animals or humans again, the larvae invades the conjunctiva sac of the eye and develops into adults twice. It takes about 35 days from infection with larvae to adults laying eggs, and adults can live in their eyes for 1 year.
How do you know that there is such a bug in your eyes?
The symptoms of cats and dogs are basically the same, such as tears, phobia, , excessive secretions, itching caused by parasitic insects, and the diseased animals show extreme anxiety. They often use their front paws to scratch their eyes, or rub their eyes on the ground or other objects; shake their heads and lose appetite.
Pets are closely related to humans. If cats and dogs are found to have frequent eye rubbing, they should go to pet hospital for treatment in time.
Will this insect be transmitted to people?
As mentioned earlier, sucking nematodes are a parasitic disease that people and pets share. The infection season is mainly summer and autumn, which is consistent with the seasonal growth and appearance of flies.
How to prevent this parasite?
Pay attention to environmental sanitation and home disinfection, do a good job in preventing fly, killing fly, strengthen the hygiene management of animals such as cats and dogs, pay attention to personal hygiene, and pay special attention to eye cleaning. This is the main measure to prevent infection.
is dewormed regularly, especially in summer and autumn. When flies appear in large quantities, preventive deworming should be carried out to reduce the spread of pathogens.
When cats and dogs are found to behave abnormally, seek medical treatment in time; avoid letting children and the elderly come into contact with the eyes of sick pets to prevent infection.
So, friends who love pets must pay attention to hygiene!
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