Brain-eating amoeba: ‘Naegleria Fowleri’

Abstract

A brain-eating amoeba is called Naegleria Fowleri. It is fatal because it usually results in death 3 to 7 days following the onset of symptoms. Although the first instance of the brain-eating amoeba was discovered in Australia, it is thought to have originated in the United States. Warm water sources, slowly moving rivers, untreated swimming pools, and untreated drinking water supplies are all places where it can be found. It enters the body through the nose and can result in a coma, seizures, changed mental status, headache, fever, stiff neck, loss of appetite, and vomiting. It can even cause death. Naegleria Fowleri is known as the