Challenges in the management of intraocular parasitic infections

• Main Authors: Ashish Mitra, Alok Sen, Elesh Jain, Sharad Dogney
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
• Series: CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research
• Subjects: Chemoparalysis; parasitic infection; topical lidocaine; worm in anterior chamber
• Online Access: http://www.cjhr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-3334;year=2015;volume=2;issue=1;spage=82;epage=84;aulast=Mitra

Parasitic worms in eye is something which is not very uncommon these days. People who eat undercooked food and have pets at home are at more risk to have parasitic infections. Chemoparalysis has been reported in literature using either viscoelastics or preservative free lidocaine (intracamerally) to paralyze the worms that help in retrieval, but still one can face tricky situations while managing such conditions. Importance lies in the management of such cases as it can be really challenging at times and no report exists in the literature which mentions the importance of topical lidocaine along with viscoelastics or preservative free lidocaine for retrieval of the worm.