Swimmers may be exposed to Naegleria fowleri in warm freshwater lakes or rivers, but the infection occurs only if the amoeba travels up into the nose and reaches the brain. Signs of N. fowleri ...

Recent cases of brain-eating amoeba in India highlight the deadly nature of this pathogen, which thrives in warm freshwater ...

Brain-eating amoeba, also known as amoebic encephalitis claimed the life of yet another man in Kerala. Doctor diagnosed him with possible symptoms of this disease during treatment shortly before ...

The amoeba is prevalent in warm freshwater environments, making swimming in such bodies a risk factor. Symptoms of primary ...

It causes me to have some blurry vision every ... I had never heard of [the amoeba], nor had anyone in my family.' To treat her, doctors initially placed her into a medically-induced coma ...

The amoeba cannot be passed from person to person ... Those infected with Naegleria fowleri have symptoms including fever, nausea and vomiting, as well as a stiff neck and headaches.

There are ways to flush out your nose safely - but ignoring the advice could lead to some serious consequences.

"The disease was diagnosed within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms," Dr Rauf told the BBC. Getty Images The amoeba - Naegleria fowleri - is known to enter the human body through nasal passages Dr ...

This is the first reported case of PAM where an infection occurs when the amoeba enters the body through the nose in Kollam ...

People on Florida’s Gulf Coast have more to worry about after experiencing back-to-back hurricanes. The bacteria occurs ...

As those symptoms worsened, Debra and her husband thought maybe it was COVID-19. But in the end… “Aven contracted an amoeba named Naegleria fowleri, and it’s a very rare amoeba,” Moffat said.

Under the microscope, one water-filled petri dish was teeming with round, reddish, immobile blobs — what vampyrellids look like after feeding. But nearby algae lacked telltale feeding holes.