Texas farm worker who caught bird flu suffered bleeding eyes

A farm worker experienced bleeding on his eyeballs after being infected with bird fluThe first image of a Texas farm worker infected with bird flu from a cow shows he suffered bleeding in his eyeballs. It is thought to be the first known case of mammal-to-human transmission and comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned bird flu (H5N1) viruses "pose pandemic potential." The dairy worker attended a hospital in March after experiencing painful red, weeping eyes with burst blood vessels. The journal also contained the image of the infected man, alongside the scientific term for his eye condition: conjunctivitis with subconjunctival hemorrhage. READ MORE: CDC warns bird flu ‘poses pandemic potential’ as fears of human infection surgeBird flu is spreading through cattle herds in the U.S.TrendingThis map shows where there have been confirmed cases of bird flu in domestic livestock