Sam Cordero, who lives in Florida, USA, had his usual pork ham dinner for Christmas. Almost two months later, he began to develop serious vision problems.
His left eye now constantly saw many black dots. The man turned to an ophthalmologist and he found a dangerous tapeworm called pork tapeworm or pork tapeworm inside Sam's left eye.
If this worm died inside the eye, the man would lose the ability to see. And if the worm began to develop, it would soon destroy the eye, since pork tapeworms can reach a length of 2-3 meters.
The tapeworm has been reported to be found in the vitreous humor of the eye between the retina and the back wall. After Sam told. that I ate pork for Christmas, it became clear how the worm got into the body. The pork was apparently poorly cooked, so the eggs of the parasite did not die.
After the worm was hatched from the egg in the human intestine, it moved from the intestine to the head and settled in the eye. It would be even worse if he got to the brain, grew up and began to lay eggs.
In this case, the worm was found on time. He had not yet had time to grow and was only 3 mm long. During a successful operation, the worm was carefully removed from the patient's eye.
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According to Dr. Don Perez, in 2012 he performed a similar operation, however, he claims that such cases are actually very rare and around the world in recent years there are no more than 20.
Adult pork tapeworm.