New Disease Scaring the World..!? Brain-eating amoeba..!?

When swimming in lakes and ponds, this amoeba enters the body through our nose. Then it reaches the brain and starts eating its cells bit by bit. It's called the brain-eating amoeba. Called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), the infection is caused by a microscopic single-celled amoeba found in warm freshwater called Naegleria fowleri. In 1937, for the first time, a person was affected in America.
Brain-eating amoeba disease:

In this case, for the first time, a person from south korea has a rare disease called amoeba that eats the brain. A 50-year-old man who returned to his hometown on the 10th after staying in the Southeast Asian country for the past four months was admitted to the hospital the next day due to ill health. He developed symptoms of meningitis such as headache, fever, vomiting, slurred speech, and a stiff neck. Subsequently, the person was admitted to the intensive care unit and died on the 21st.First affected in South Korea:

In this regard, the South Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that a 50-year-old man who returned from thailand died of a rare disease called amoeba that eats the brain. Naegleria fowleri is an amoeba commonly found in warm freshwater lakes, rivers, canals, and ponds around the world. According to Korean medical experts, the possibility of human-to-human transmission of this infection is very low. At the same time, the public has been advised to avoid bathing in water bodies in the area where the affected person lived. It is noteworthy that 381 people have been affected by a rare type of brain-eating amoeba in countries including the United States, India, and thailand as of 2018. So far 151 people have been affected by this disease in the United States. Only 4 of them survived. Notably, 97% of those infected with brain-eating amoeba die. It is noteworthy that no effective treatment or vaccine against this disease has been found yet.

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Sowmiya Sriram

26/12/2022 10:16 PM