Boy went to hospital complaining of eye pain, what doctors found under his eyelid will shock you

Summer is the time when insects bring all sorts of discomfort to humans. They bite, invade our space, spread infections, smell and sound, get into our food, and ultimately do everything to make us call pest control.

But the recent medical case recorded in Turkey showed that they can do a lot worse than that.

Parents of a boy who complained about eye pain and doctors who treated him couldn't believe what they were seeing when they found out the reason behind the problem: live fly larvae.

Here is what happened.

Meanwhile, mosquitos may be to blame for the spread of a debilitating flesh-eating bacteria.

And climate change may help this deadly tick-borne tropical virusdefy the geographical border and find its way to the UK.

Doctors removed 11 maggots from a boy’s eyeball

A 10-year-old boy from Turkey had been suffering from eye pain for several days before his parents decided to take him to the hospital.

Specialists from the Tatvan State Hospital Eye Polyclinic examined the child and they weren’t prepared for what they were about to find.

After cleaning the boy’s eyes in the microscopic check they discovered eight moving fly larvae under his left eyelid. They removed the pests immediately.

The next day, further three larvae were spotted.

It’s not clear how a litter of maggots started growing under the child’s eyelid but the hospital suggested that the larvae had been deposited when an adult fly flew into the child’s eye two days before.

The patient was given antibiotic drops and has now been discharged.

Ophthalmology specialist Op. Dr Halil İbrahim Ateşoğlu told local media that fly eye infestations are more common in the summer and advised to see a doctor if you experience unusual eye itching or redness after an ocular encounter with insects.

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What is ophthalmomyiasis?

Finding fly larvae in a person's eye is not as unusual as you may think, and there is even an official term for it - ophthalmomyiasis.

It is a clinical condition when the larvae of different fly species end up in human eyeballs.

It can happen either when an adult fly carries it into the eye or via contaminated hands.

Ophthalmomyiasis is most common in people who work or live near farms or in rural areas.

When the larvae enter the eye, they use tiny hooks along their body which attach them to the eye tissue.

Luckily, the condition is still fairly rare.

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Sources used:

- Newsweek: 'Boy Has 11 Maggots Removed From Eyeball After Experiencing Eye Pain'