The 23-year-old said she was in the ‘worst pain she’d ever felt’.

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      2 months ago

      Thank you for this new fear.

      It gets better!

      In around 40% of cases doctors have to perform surgery, which involves scraping the outside of the eye to remove the parasites and repairing the area through transplant.

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        2 months ago

        Now I’ve had quite a few unpleasant procedures in my time, but that sounds like something I would really love to be knocked out for.

        But because it’s eyes, idk if they need the patient conscious. Ugh…