# A 21-year-old woman presented to our hospital with the sensation of something moving in her eye. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824 "2010-09-15T06:59:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/21 "2010-09-15T19:20:06Z")
> [@mozchron](#): > > Ah, African eyeworm, or Loaiasis. One of my favorite filarial parasites. Certainly the most dramatic. > > I love filarial nematodes. In the classroom, my filariasis lecture is my favorite. Students seem to fall into 2 camps - either fascinated or disgusted. > > > [@](#): > > > > There’s also video of botfly larvae extraction on YouTube, which is potentially even more satisfying. > > heh. One of my colleagues got parasitized by a human botfly years ago and didn’t let the doctors remove it - he photodocumented the development instead. What the HELL do you teach? How to out “Craven” Wes Craven 101? ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/22 "2010-09-15T19:35:08Z")
If I never wanted to see a certain co-worker again I could show her that but I kind of like her. And she may insure that I never see her again by murdering me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/23 "2010-09-15T19:55:27Z")
Ah, lovely Africa, where the parasites have had hundreds of thousands of years to figure out disgusting ways to feed on me. How grateful I am to live in the New World, where the nasties are still new to the game. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/24 "2010-09-15T20:12:37Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > > [@mozchron](#): > > > > Ah, African eyeworm, or Loaiasis. One of my favorite filarial parasites. Certainly the most dramatic. > > > > I love filarial nematodes. In the classroom, my filariasis lecture is my favorite. Students seem to fall into 2 camps - either fascinated or disgusted. > > > > heh. One of my colleagues got parasitized by a human botfly years ago and didn’t let the doctors remove it - he photodocumented the development instead. > > What the HELL do you teach? > How to out “Craven” Wes Craven 101? Medical entomology (and a few other things). ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/25 "2010-09-15T21:42:00Z")
Meh. The eyeball larvae in Australia are also venomous and can leap fifteen feet. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/26 "2010-09-15T22:12:04Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Meh. The eyeball larvae in Australia are also venomous and can leap fifteen feet. They also go really great with box jellies and vegemite on toast. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/27 "2010-09-15T22:21:46Z")
Actually, that wasn’t very disturbing at all, and was pretty fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/28 "2010-09-15T22:35:34Z")
You’re an **OGRE**. Of c_ourse_ you’re fascinated. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/29 "2010-09-15T23:27:01Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Meh. The eyeball larvae in Australia are also venomous and can leap fifteen feet. Win ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/30 "2010-09-15T23:43:46Z")
Yea, I stick my fingers in my eyeballs every morning and evening to insert and remove contacts, and have been doing so for 30 years. And there’s no effing way I’m clicking on that link. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/31 "2010-09-15T23:47:46Z")
Not clicking the link. Not even reading the other posts in this thread. Eyeballs. Worms. Case closed. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/32 "2010-09-16T00:44:35Z")
Hm. I thought the “Isaac Newton shoved a knife behind his eyeball” link would attract some insightful commentary. Maybe I should start a new thread? Naaah. I don’t want to monopolize Doper eyeballs in this forum. Also, it seems that the mods are either so inured to this kind of thing they don’t feel the need to register disgust, or they’re so freaked they can’t see their way clear to posting. Either way, I can see where they’re coming from. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/33 "2010-09-16T03:33:21Z")
Thanks for the link, **Derleth**.:D\* _[sub]My mother is a retired pediatric nurse, and I grew up reading her medical journals and textbooks. I guess I’m anesthetized to being squicked_\* out.[/sub] \*\*[sub][sub]Yes I used that on purpose.[/sub][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/34 "2010-09-16T03:54:04Z")
Honestly, the still picture in the link isn’t bad. I did not watch the video. I know not to push my luck. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/35 "2010-09-16T04:02:56Z")
> [@mozchron](#): > > \ heh. One of my colleagues got parasitized by a human botfly years ago and didn’t let the doctors remove it - he photodocumented the development instead. Are those photos posted somewhere for our oogie pleasure? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/36 "2010-09-16T05:26:08Z")
You know when you see those tiny little spots floating in your field of view? If someday you start to see giant, mutated zeppelins you should have your eyes checked for worms. > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Working in Ophthalmology gets you past “body horror” issues about eyes pretty quickly - though I will admit that a coworker getting a papercut on her eye… :eek: Ayeayeaayeaaaaahhhhh kakakakagaagaagagftangftang!!oneone!!! _Curls up and disappears in a puff of smoke_ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/37 "2010-09-16T07:18:11Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > > [@kambuckta](#): > > > > That is seriously fucken’ gross **Derleth**. You should be ashamed of yourself. Why don’t you just fuck right off and go somewhere under a rock and eat worms or something. ☹ > > > > Oh, alright, I’m over it now…you’re redeemed. But never, NEVER post shit like that again, OK?? ☹ > > Are you being serious? Are you seriously querying as to whether I was being serious? Seems like at least one of us has been whooshed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/38 "2010-09-16T10:40:17Z")
Bleccccch. I am _so not_ clicking on that link. I can’t even watch my husband put his contact lenses in! Eyeballs are just icky! Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/39 "2010-09-16T15:09:27Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > > [@mozchron](#): > > > > \ heh. One of my colleagues got parasitized by a human botfly years ago and didn’t let the doctors remove it - he photodocumented the development instead. > > Are those photos posted somewhere for our oogie pleasure? No, he did it years ago, with polaroids - he’s got them in a box in his office. But if you search online, you can find similar pics. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824/40 "2010-09-16T15:13:55Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Not as gross as I was expecting. Agreed, but still. Just… eww. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-21-year-old-woman-presented-to-our-hospital-with-the-sensation-of-something-moving-in-her-eye/553824.md?page=3)