In South Korea, a brain-eating amoeba entered the body of a 50-year-old healthy man, and then within 10 days, he killed a healthy man. Let us tell you about the danger from this creature, inside whose body unknowingly such a creature entered, which directly started eating its brain. After this incident, the American Health Agency CDC has also issued an advisory.
The ‘invisible’ enemy took his life
According to the report in Korea Times, a brain-eating amoeba reached the body of a 50-year-old South Korean man. Korea’s health agency KDCA says that the patient had returned from a trip to Thailand on 10 December. Only after this, did the symptoms of infection start appearing in him, and in the next 10 days, this microorganism took his life. According to the report, after entering the amoeba, symptoms like headache, vomiting, body stiffness, and difficulty in speaking were visible in the patient, after which he was admitted to the emergency. Now it is being investigated what did the bacteria do in the body, due to which the patient died.
How does Naegleria fowleri enter the body?
Naegleria fowleri is a single-celled microorganism, also known as the brain-eating amoeba. This microorganism is found in the clean water of rivers, lakes, or ponds. For the first time, the case of this amoeba is found in the year 1965. It reaches the human body through the nose and goes to the brain and starts infecting it. Swimming or taking a dip in contaminated water attacks the brain through the nose. Due to infection, parts of the brain stop working and the matter reaches the death of the patient. According to CDS, death occurs within 5 days if the infection is high, otherwise, it takes 10 days. There were 154 cases in America from 1962 to 2021, in which only 4 patients survived.