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Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba that might have infected him in Lake Mead
Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, is found in warm lakes and rivers
By Paul Best | Fox News
A Nevada resident died from a brain-eating amoeba that he might have been exposed to in Lake Mead earlier this month, the Southern Nevada Health District said on Wednesday.
The rare amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, lives in warm bodies of water such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It infects people by entering the body through the nose and traveling to the brain, at which point it causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis.
The patient in this case, a male under the age of 18, might have been exposed while on the Arizona side of Lake Mead. He started developing symptoms a week later, which usually include headache, fever and nausea, then eventually seizures and coma...
Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba that might have infected him in Lake Mead
Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, is found in warm lakes and rivers
By Paul Best | Fox News
A Nevada resident died from a brain-eating amoeba that he might have been exposed to in Lake Mead earlier this month, the Southern Nevada Health District said on Wednesday.
The rare amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, lives in warm bodies of water such as lakes, rivers and hot springs. It infects people by entering the body through the nose and traveling to the brain, at which point it causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis.
The patient in this case, a male under the age of 18, might have been exposed while on the Arizona side of Lake Mead. He started developing symptoms a week later, which usually include headache, fever and nausea, then eventually seizures and coma...