It holds considerable fascination as a highly personal worm’s-eye view of Castro’s domain. American Smell.

FOR THOSE who have never get past the fright of having a wriggly creature dropped down their necks as children worms can have an image problem.

An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies.

An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies.

This is definitely not for the squeamish, but a woman in Oregon has become the focus of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report for having 14 tiny, wriggling worms removed from her eye.

This particular eye worm species has never been documented in humans, making Beckley’s case particularly unique, and a bit frightening. However, identifying the worms was only half the battle.

Her story was so inspirational to readers that they literally sprung into verse, with a Dr. Seuss-inspired poem. What they created is the most joyful poem about eye worms ever written.

Fourteen tiny worms were removed from the left eye of the 26-year-old woman, scientists reported.

An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies.

An Oregon woman with a rare eye infection may be the first human to have contracted a parasitic infection spread by flies, a scientific report released Monday said.