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Scots woman left blind in one eye after tap water parasite burrowed behind contact lens

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blind in one eye and in excruciating pain after a tap water parasite burrowed into her eye. Charlotte Clarkson was working as a summer camp director in Canada when she picked up the horrendous infection but waited months to get a proper diagnosis.

The 25-year-old eventually returned to her Edinburgh home in September 2018 but woke up one morning unable to see out of her right eye.

She was admitted to the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion for a week and was forced to stay in a dark room while receiving hourly ‘toxic’ eye drops.

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