Scary Worms

26 Sep 2010 - John Matthews of Dubuque in Iowa (USA) first noticed two spots obscuring his vision in his left eye last December. he underwent a number of tests before doctors told him a worm had made a nest for itself in his eye. He was rushed into a treatment room at the University of Iowa Hospital where doctors shot a laser into his eye to kill the worm. "I could see it from behind, moving, trying to dodge the laser", Matthews told the Iowa Telegraph Herald. The worm was only killed by the second laser blast but doctors could not remove it from the eye. Matthews body is absorbing the worms' remains and doctors said he has suffered permanent retina damage. "It could have been a hookworm I might have picked up when I was in Mexico or it could have been a raccoon roundworm that I could have got turkey hunting." he told the newspaper.