Ophthalmologist Dr. Shweta Walia, who was passing through the OPD corridor, noticed a young man repeatedly rubbing his eye and trying to wash it with water. She became suspicious and immediately went to him. The young man, Gopal, told the doctor that some insect had entered his eye three days ago and he was not getting any relief due to the pain.
Dr. Shweta immediately took him to her chamber. A slit-lamp examination revealed that very fine and sharp hairs of a blanket worm were deeply embedded in his eye. These hairs had scratched the cornea, causing irritation, watering, and severe pain in the eye. The doctor carefully performed an operation and removed 10 sharp hairs from the young man's eye.
As soon as the hair was removed, the young man immediately felt relief. Doctors say that if treatment had not been received on time, a cornea transplant might have been necessary. Currently, the young man's condition is fine and his eyesight is safe.
Dr. Walia said that Gopal's eye was not opening, so finally, drops were put to numb it. After some time, when the eye opened, looking through the machine revealed that his cornea was badly scratched. Such scratches occur in the eye when a foreign body (pebble, insect) enters it.
When the eyelid was flipped and examined, a black foreign body was seen. Usually, it is removed with buds, but it couldn't be removed that way, which suggested it was not a grain of sand or a pebble.
He explained that when they zoomed in further, they saw black spots there. They tried to remove it with forceps (medical tweezers). A hair came out, it was pointed and most of it was white, while its small tip was black.
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Because of this, it was difficult to remove. These hairs were not clearly visible even when viewed with a zoom. They were removed one by one using magnification. After this complex process, which lasted for about half an hour, the patient felt relieved.
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