The 70 mm worm was found in the eyes of a woman in Kerala

Doctors at Ernakulam General Hospital removed a 70mm worm from the woman's eye in Kerala.

According to information published on my Indian Express, a 56-year-old woman named Lalitha went to the hospital to talk about severe eye irritation symptoms.

During the exploration and examination, the doctors found a strange worm in her eyes.

According to the report, doctors conducted a 10-minute operation to remove a 70mm-long worm from the genus Dirofilaria from the woman's eye.

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This worm is known to cause Elephantiasis, which causes swelling of the lymph nodes and blood vessels. Before the surgery, Lalitha was anesthetized by a doctor with a medical procedure lasting about 10 minutes.

Lalitha's eyes were better then and given the vaccine to spread the germs of this worm to other parts of the body.