Is there a bad odor around her face? Chances are, it is either a respiratory infection, or an eye injury. Those videos on YouTube of eyeworm are pretty misleading, if not faked. More than likely, they are removing white globs of puss. Eyeworm can be seen in the eye. It's usually found in tropical regions of the world where the surinam cockroach is found since it is the intermediate host of the worm. A common treatment for eyeworm is Valbazen given orally 1/2 ml, then repeated in 10 days, plus an application of equal parts Valbazen and water instilled into the eyes, and also repeated in 10 days. Some references recommend use of levamisole or 5% cresol, related to phenols such as Lysol. Here is a brief excerpt from the Merck Manual on Manson Eyeworm:
Eggs of Oxyspirura mansoni, Manson eyeworm, are deposited in the eye, reach the pharynx via the nasolacrimal duct, are swallowed, passed in the feces, and ingested by the Surinam cockroach, Pycnoscelus surinamensis. Larvae reach the infective stage in the cockroach. When infected intermediate hosts are eaten, liberated larvae migrate up the esophagus to the mouth and then through the nasolacrimal duct to the eye, where the cycle is completed. Other insect species may also serve as the intermediate host.
Oxyspirura mansoni is a slender nematode, 12–18 mm long, found beneath the nictitating membrane of chickens and other fowl in tropical and subtropical regions. The parasite causes various degrees of inflammation, lacrimation, corneal opacity, and disturbed vision.
As a treatment for Manson eyeworm, a local anesthetic can be applied to the eye, and the worms in the lacrimal sac exposed by lifting the nictitating membrane. A 5% cresol solution (1–2 drops) placed in the lacrimal sac kills the worms immediately. The eye should be irrigated with sterile water immediately to wash out the debris and excess solution. The eyes improve within 48–72 hr and gradually become clear if the destructive process caused by the parasite is not too far advanced.
