Mustafa Shafik, 30, was infected with an amoeba named Naegleria fowleri in Lahore, Pakistan. The newspaper writes about it Pakistan ObserverContact the health authorities.
It was announced on Sunday that a person was hospitalized in a health facility with complaints of flu-like symptoms, high fever and headache. The next day, tests confirmed the existence of Naegleria fowleri, known as the “brain-eating” amoeba. Became ill.
Also, according to the newspaper, this is the first case of infection with this infection in Lahore and the fourth case in the country.
On March 19, it was reported that a man was killed in the USA. dead after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba. The microbe entered a man’s body with tap water. Most likely, the amoeba hit his nose while the man was washing his face or using tap water to rinse his sinuses. Florida Department of Health representatives noted that Naegleria fowleri can only be transmitted to humans through the nose, and a person cannot become infected with amoeba by drinking tap water.
Before that, scientists from Charles University with the help of experimental therapy healed 28% of the mice were infected with a brain-eating amoeba. No serious side effects were reported in animals. Scientists have already begun optimizing the drug for humans and believe they are a few steps away from discovering the first effective way to combat the predatory amoeba.
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