Lily Avant, 10, was hospitalized after she contracted a rare 'brain-eating' amoeba while swimming in a Texas river, her family says.
A 10-year-old girl has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba, family members and public health officials confirmed.
When Lily started suffering from a headache and fever on Sept. 8, doctors suspected a common viral infection and prescribed ibuprofen and hydration, according to a Facebook post from her cousin, Wendy Scott. As her condition worsened, Scott said Lily was taken to the emergency room where she was treated for bacterial and viral meningitis.
The amoeba enters through the nose and travels to the brain, where it can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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