One person has died and another has fallen seriously ill after becoming infected with a brain-eating amoeba in Pakistan, according to reports. Read more:
The amoeba can be found around the world in bodies of warm freshwater like lakes and rivers; geothermal springs; warm water discharge from industrial plants; poorly maintained, minimally chlorinated swimming pools; water heaters; and soil.
Symptoms of infection start between one and nine days after exposure, and include severe frontal headache, fever, nausea, and vomiting. This can be followed by a stiff neck, confusion, seizures, hallucinations and going into a coma, the CDC states. The disease progresses rapidly after symptoms begin and usually causes death within about five days.
Several drugs have been effective against Naegleria fowleri in a laboratory setting, but infections are still almost always fatal. That said, a number of survivors have been documented, including two children in the U.S. in 2013 who were given miltefosine and other treatments after their diagnoses. One, a 12-year-old girl, made a full recovery. The other, an eight-year-old boy, suffered brain damage.
A file photo of someone lying in bed with a drip attached to their hand. One person has died and another fell seriously ill shortly afterwards after they both caught the dangerous brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in Pakistan.
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