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Teen hospitalized with infection caused by 'brain-eating amoeba' is 'fighting his little heart out'
The 13-year-old has been battling the condition for over two weeks.
July 24, 2022, 10:55 AM EDT
By Francesca Gariano
A teenager in Florida was recently hospitalized due to a rare case of “brain-eating amoeba.”
Caleb Ziegelbauer, 13, was taken to the emergency room after experiencing what was described to NBC2, an NBC affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida, as headaches and hallucinations. These symptoms began to occur about one week after he and his family took a trip to a beach in Port Charlotte, Florida on July 1.
After the teen was taken to an emergency room by his parents, doctors at the hospital were told that Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba,” had entered his body through his nose before infecting his brain. In the weeks since, he has been battling for his life at Golisano Children’s Hospital...
Teen hospitalized with infection caused by 'brain-eating amoeba' is 'fighting his little heart out'
The 13-year-old has been battling the condition for over two weeks.
July 24, 2022, 10:55 AM EDT
By Francesca Gariano
A teenager in Florida was recently hospitalized due to a rare case of “brain-eating amoeba.”
Caleb Ziegelbauer, 13, was taken to the emergency room after experiencing what was described to NBC2, an NBC affiliate in Fort Myers, Florida, as headaches and hallucinations. These symptoms began to occur about one week after he and his family took a trip to a beach in Port Charlotte, Florida on July 1.
After the teen was taken to an emergency room by his parents, doctors at the hospital were told that Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba,” had entered his body through his nose before infecting his brain. In the weeks since, he has been battling for his life at Golisano Children’s Hospital...