Have you ever had an itch in your eye and become super paranoid that there's a bug in there?
99 times out of 100, it's just pollen, dust, or maybe a stray eyelash. It might take a bit of finesse —or eye drops — to get it out without causing more irritation, but you're unlikely to need a trip to the doctor to help.
In this case, doctors are pretty sure something similar has never been documented before. It was so unusual that doctors actually held a press conference!
She checked into Fooyin University Hospital in Taiwan, suffering from extreme pain and swelling in her eye.
Initially, she was admitted for cellulitis, a bacterial skin infection, and keratitis, inflammation of the cornea.
Tiny insect legs were wriggling around and in the end, he extracted four small bees from He's eye.
Yes. Bees.
And yes, the bees were all still alive, but that was actually a good thing.
And dead bees in your eye socket have a ton more possible complications, including more serious infections and even possibly blindness.
They're tiny and attracted to the salt in human sweat. Since tears are also salty, they must have thought they'd hit the jackpot. Sweat bees are most often found around grave sites and fallen trees.
She'd felt irritation after the visit and had flushed her eye with water, assuming that it was just some dirt.
