The 13-year-old has been battling the condition for over two weeks.
Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba,” is a single-cell organism found in warm bodies of freshwaterA teenager in Florida was recently hospitalized due to a rare case of “brain-eating amoeba.”NBC2
Cases of PAM are extremely rare. Infections become more common when prolonged heat causes a decrease in water levels and rise of water temperatures. “Unfortunately the Naegleria fowleri presents as if a child has meningitis,” she said, which is why it took time for his family to realize his symptoms could’ve been linked to exposure in the water at the beach.Facebook
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