Eye-rubbing, poor hygiene to blame for Chinese man’s severe mite-induced vision loss

A Chinese man suffered from vision loss after over a thousand mites infected his eyes, and it turned out that his life habits were to blame. The 36-year-old man in central Hubei province, surnamed Yu, experienced eye discomfort. His eyes felt dry, itchy and sticky for six months. He rubbed his eyes more vigorously, and bought eye drops, but they did not help. He then experienced a sharp decline in vision. He had his eyes checked at a clinic and was diagnosed with demodex blepharitis, an eyeli...

By Fran Lu