Pediatric conjunctival sucking nematode disease

Conjunctival thelaziasis is an eye disease caused by the lazia callipaeda parasitizing in the human eye. The worm is mainly parasitic in the eyes of dogs, cats and other animals. Humans are only accidentally infected by the worm, causing eye diseases. The parasitic site of this insect is special, only in the eye, mainly in the conjunctival sac, and sometimes it can crawl on the surface of the eye. Because the worm is distributed in many Asian countries, it is also called oriental eyeworm, and the disease is also called oriental eyeworm.

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