One fly carrying
cattle eyeworm larvae may have briefly landed on the patient's eye.
In July 2016, the authors described the first known case
of eyeworm infection in the UK in a dog recently imported from Romania.
We recently diagnosed a pet
with eyeworms, and fortunately it's easily treated.
Adult eyeworms live in the conjunctival sacs (space between the eyelid and the eye itself) and in tear ducts; small animals (dogs and cats) tend to have smaller conjunctival sacs, making them less ideal hosts.
The patient, then a 26 - year - old woman from Brookings, Oregon, ended up being the first - ever known case of the nematode worm Thelazia gulosa, a type of
cattle eyeworm, infecting a human.
THE EYES HAVE IT Fourteen Thelazia gulosa nematodes, or cattle
eyeworms, took up residence in the left eye of an Oregon woman, making her the first ever reported human case.
With that harrowing feat, she became the first ever reported case of a human infestation with the cattle
eyeworm, Thelazia gulosa.
The cattle
eyeworm is spread from cow to cow by flies that suck on cow tears and pick up worm larvae in the process.
Luckily, the cattle
eyeworm can't easily reproduce in humans — and didn't in Beckley's case.
With that harrowing feat, she became the first ever reported case of a human infestation with the cattle
eyeworm,...
They are transmitted by flies (including the common house fly) that deposit
the eyeworm larvae on the eye while feeding on eye secretions.
DECTOMAX Injectable Solution is indicated for the treatment and control of gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms,
eyeworms, grubs (see precautions), sucking lice and mange mites.
The control of the following harmful species of gastrointestinal roundworms, lungworms,
eyeworms, grubs (see precautions), sucking lice and mange mites.