Okudo Adaora C, Babalola Olufemi E
Rachel Eye Center, Garki. Area 11, Abuja, Nigeria.
Niger Med J. 2023 Jan 25;63(2):176-180. doi: 10.60787/NMJ-63-2-95. eCollection 2022 Mar-Apr.
The report presents a case of subconjunctival filariasis in a 20-year-old female student who schools in Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, a known loa loa endemic region in Nigeria, and resident in Abuja. The patient presented on the 20th of February 2020, with a history of foreign body sensation and itching on two occasions within a 6-month period and had video evidence of a worm in her left eye. The worm was however not visualized in the clinic. She was placed on tabs Albendazole 20mg twice daily for 21 days and has not felt or seen the worm since she completed the medications. Subconjunctival filariasis is still an issue of concern in the rainforest region of Nigeria.
该报告介绍了一名20岁女学生的结膜下丝虫病病例。该学生在尼日利亚已知的罗阿丝虫病流行地区埃基蒂州的奥耶-埃基蒂上学,居住在阿布贾。患者于2020年2月20日就诊,有6个月内两次出现异物感和瘙痒的病史,并且有左眼有虫的视频证据。然而,在诊所未见到该蠕虫。她每天服用两次20毫克阿苯达唑片,持续21天,自完成药物治疗后就再也没有感觉到或看到过那条虫。结膜下丝虫病在尼日利亚的雨林地区仍然是一个令人担忧的问题。