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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 266-267 |
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Exposing ophthalmia nodosa – The double eversion way
Janani Sankar, Priyarthi Pradhan, Shashikant B Shetty
Department of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Priyarthi Pradhan
Department of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai - 625 020, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_2643_22
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Ophthalmia nodosa is an inflammatory response of ocular tissue to caterpillar hair or any other insect hair that comes in contact with the eye. A young child with a painful red eye was found to have a dead caterpillar embedded in the upper tarsal conjunctiva. We describe the management and the need for creating awareness among doctors for timely suspicion of a foreign body.
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