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A 12-year-old girl from Arkansas was hospitalized with diagnosed with “parasitic meningitis” which caused quite rare amoeba devouring the brain. Arkansas Department of Health and The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that Kali contracted the disease while swimming in the open water park “Willow Springs Park” which is located in Little Rock (state of Arkansas). Kali’s mother delivered her daughter to a local hospital on the day after visiting the water park, as Kali started severe vomiting, headache and fever that was not possible take off. To stabilize the girl’s condition, doctors introduced her to coma condition. What will be her further well-being, say hard for now. Amoeba brain-eating naegleria fowleri are causative agents of a life-threatening disease – meningoencephalitis. These unicellular microorganisms are often found in warm freshwater lakes and rivers. Getting into the human body through nose, they move to the brain, which is peculiar to them food. According to statistics, in the United States, cases of infection similar infections mostly occur in the south of the country, in the period of the summer months. Meningoencephalitis is considered quite rare. infection. From 2001 to 2010 in the United States were only 32 such cases were recorded. In the salty seas and oceans such creatures do not live. The first symptoms of infection usually appear within seven days. They are expressed by rigidity. occipital muscles, headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. Later confusion, loss of balance, cramps and hallucinations. Even if treatment starts early, the disease often fatal. Although most cases infection occurs while swimming in warm bodies of water, also recorded two cases of infection from tap water. it happened to residents of different parts of Louisiana after they washed the sinuses with running, not boiled water. “WillowSprings Park “officials decided to temporarily close until all are clarified facts and causes of infection of the girl. To minimize risk infection with this dangerous amoeba, the CDC recommends bathing in freshwater, warm rivers or lakes, cover your nose with special clips. In addition, people who use water for rinses of the nasopharynx should be pre-treated with using filtration or boiling. Deadly amoeba hit in the human body is only possible through the nasal openings. Get an infection from drinking tap water or from another human is impossible.
Sergey Vasilenkov
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