Ocular Myiasis

Abstract

 Ocular myiasis is uncommon in developed countries but this is common in underdeveloped area of world where standard of living and hygiene is poor. Myiasis is the infestation of human being by the larvae, which for certain period feed on host’s dead or living tissue, liquid body substances and may cause a different type of clinical entities. In ocular infestation, clinical picture may vary from allergic conjunctivitis with tearing to corneal ulcer with photophobia. Maggots in eye are rare in developed and even in under developed areas due to awareness and relatively easy access to ophthalmic facility as compared to past. But this entity is still present and sometime ophthalmologist come across such type of situation.