A seven-year-old boy died in the United States after doing the bathing in a lake. The cause is a ‘amoeba that destroyed his brain. It happened in California, where David Pruitt was killed by one meningoencephalitis primary amoebic (Pam), an infection that affects the central nervous system. The news was reported by Los Angeles Times.
The child was rushed to the emergency room on July 30 and then flown to UC Davis Medical Center, in intensive care, where he died on August 7 due tofatal infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, the agent that can cause Pam. The Tehama County Health Services Agency, in a statement on August 4, wrote: “People are infected when thewater containing the amoeba rises strongly in the nose, so it sometimes it can migrate to the brain and destroy brain tissue “.
7-year-old boy killed by brain-eating amoeba: symptoms
In the early stage of the infection caused by the amoeba, which killed the 7-year-old in the United States, symptoms, which appear one to nine days after exposure to the amoeba, may be a severe headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. When the infection gets worse, they can become stiff neck, convulsions or hallucinations.
I am only ten cases were reported in California since 1971, although there has recently been talk of this terrible brain-destroying infection. Doctors have warned, “If anyone has had nasal exposure to warm soft water in the past 10 days and develops symptoms seek immediate medical attention.” The child’s aunt said, “We are sad and heartbroken to report that our sweet little David is dead.”
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