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Nevada public health officials report death from brain-eating amoeba
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LAS VEGAS, Naegleria (FOX5) – The Nevada Department of Public Behavioral Health (DPBH) has reported that a Lincoln County youth has died from Naegleria fowleri infection, also known as the brain-eating amoeba.
According to a media release, DPBH believes the individual may have been exposed to radiation at Ash Springs, a natural hot spring on federal land in Lincoln County.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has informed DPBH that Naegleria fowleri has been confirmed as the cause of the patient’s illness. Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic, single-celled, living amoeba that occurs naturally in the environment. According to the DPBH, this amoeba can cause a rare, very serious brain infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), which destroys brain tissue and is most often fatal.
According to DPBH, Naegleria fowleri lives in warm fresh water such as soil and lakes, rivers and hot springs. Amoebas enter the body through the nose and infect humans by reaching the brain. It is not contagious from person to person.
Symptoms of naegleria fowleri infection begin with severe headache, fever, nausea, and vomiting, and progress to stiff neck, seizures, coma, and, in some cases, death. Because Naegleria fowleri occurs naturally in the environment, there is no means of removing the amoeba from freshwater bodies. Although the risk is low, recreational water users should assume that there is always a risk when entering warm fresh water.
Preventive measures recommended by the CDC include:
- Avoid jumping or diving into warm freshwater bodies, especially during the summer months.
- When in warm freshwater, close your nose, use a nose clip, or keep your head above the water.
- Do not submerge your head in hot springs or other untreated geothermal water.
- Do not dig or stir sediments in shallow, warm, fresh water. Amoebas are more likely to live in sediments at the bottom of lakes, ponds, and rivers.
If you want to know more about Naegleria fowleri, Visit the CDC website here.
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