The “brain-eating amoeba” disease has returned once more, and this has caused concern among doctors and scientists, as it caused the death of a fifty-year-old man in South Korea only 10 days following the onset of symptoms, as a result of doctors so far finding a suitable treatment for the disease that occurs as a result of infection, Therefore, one must beware of it and know the symptoms of the brain-eating amoeba completely, along with ways to prevent it.
The prevalence of brain-eating amoeba over the past years
Professor of Virology, Dr. Ahmed Shaheen, explained that the infection that appeared in South Korea was not the first; As several countries recorded infections over the past years, such as Australia in 1965 and during 2018, India, China, the United States and Japan recorded 381 injuries, and although the disease began years ago, scientists were unable to find a definitive treatment that eliminates the infection, Therefore, it causes the death of the infected person within days, but if the “brain-eating amoeba” is detected early, there are medications that help reduce the development of the disease.
Symptoms of a brain-eating amoeba
He pointed out that the infection of the “brain-eating amoeba” reaches the body through several things, including swimming pool water that does not contain enough chlorine to eliminate diseases, using contaminated water to clean the nose or swimming in fresh water, and entering the body through the nose, stressing The infection can be detected through symptoms that appear following hours, which are:
- Nausea that sometimes leads to vomiting.
- hallucinations
- Stress for no reason.
- Headache.
- High temperature.
- Coma, but in the late stage of the disease.
Methods of prevention of brain-eating amoeba disease
- Make sure the water is clean before using it to clean the nose.
- Do not swim in polluted waters.
- Not using water in areas where infections have been reported.
