In early June, Slovakia was shaken by a report on the death of an eleven -year -old Tomášek, who fought with a parasite that attacks and eats the brain. The pupil was hospitalized at the National Institute of Children’s Diseases (NÚDCH) in Bratislava, no Despite the efforts of doctors on Tuesday 17 June died. A similar case has now been hit by South Carolina, he writes.
A child whose gender, name and age was not published has succumbed to infection with an extremely dangerous Améba Naegleria Fowleri. It is a microscopic amoeba that lives in warm fresh water and can cause a rare but almost always fatal brain disease called a primary amoeba meningoencephalitis. Tomášek was supposed to kill the same Améba.
According to the web, the child should be infected during bathing in the well -known Murray lake, which is popular among families and holidaymakers. The first symptoms appeared after a few days. He was troubled by fever, headache, vomiting and stiff neck. Later, his condition was to get worse. Finally, he had to be hospitalized in the Prisma Health Children’s Hospital. Even the doctors could no longer help him. The infection attacked the brain and the child succumbed to the disease.
