Deadly 'brain-eating' amoeba case reported in Charlotte County from tap water

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The health department is working to monitor any additional infections. If you experience any of these symptoms, seek medical help immediately: headache, fever, nausea, disorientation, vomiting, stiff neck, seizures, loss of balance or hallucinations.

, the microscopic amoeba, naegleria fowleri, can travel up the nose to the brain, where it can eat brain tissue, causing an infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis, which can be fatal.

The amoeba lives in warm fresh water or swimming pools. Infections are considered to be rare with 28 infections reported from 2012 to 2021, according to the“DOH-Charlotte, as part of a multi-agency response, is continuing to investigate how this infection occurred and is working with the local public utilities to identify any potential link and make any necessary corrective actions,” Charlotte County officials said in a press release.

The health department is working with health care facilities to monitor any additional infections. If you experience any of these symptoms, seek medical help immediately: headache, fever, nausea, disorientation, vomiting, stiff neck, seizures, loss of balance or hallucinations.Use only distilled or sterile water when making sinus rinse solutions.Don’t jump into or put your head under bathing water.

Don’t allow children to play unsupervised with hoses are sprinklers to avoid them squirting water up their nose.Keep swimming pools disinfected before and during use.

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