Brain Eating Amoeba: On one hand, the whole world is troubled by the new variant of Corona, on the other hand, a strange disease has knocked in this world. The name of this disease is ‘brain-eating amoeba’. Many types of questions must be arising in the mind on hearing its name. Will the amoeba eat the brain? How can the brain eat? First answer this question of yours. Actually the scientific name of this amoeba is Naegleria fowleri. It is a small organism that can survive in warm and fresh water and soil.
The first case of this disease has been found in South Korea.
The first case of this disease has been found in South Korea. One person has died in South Korea due to brain eating amoeba. After which there has been a stir in the whole world regarding this disease. Brain eating amoeba is called brain eating amoeba.
Why is it called the brain-eating amoeba?
This amoeba does not eat your brain, but it can cause infection and inflammation in the brain. Not only this, it can also become the cause of your death. The infection caused by this amoeba is called amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). For your information, let us tell you that this amoeba is found all over the world, cases of infection are extremely rare. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), only 34 cases were reported in the US between 2008 and 2017.
Early symptoms of this disease: The initial symptoms of a brain-eating amoeba or rather Naegleria infection may appear anywhere between 24 hours to 14 days.
Fever
terrible headache
nausea or vomiting
Once this disease has taken entry in the body, after that the infection increases rapidly. Then such problems start in the body.
stiff neck
squint at light
confusion
loss of balance
nightmare
seizures
How this disease reaches you or what could be the reasons:
Amoeba goes inside the body through your nose. After that it reaches your nose and brain. Where then it starts its work and infection occurs at that place. On the contrary, Naegleria infection does not spread in dirty water.
This infection takes entry inside you only when you are swimming in warm water, sweet water lake, river. swimming pool. It is difficult to find this amoeba in the drain.
Naegleria loves heat and thrives in warm or hot water, so infestations tend to occur in the summer months.
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