Amoeba

Amoeba's disease overview

AMIP eats human brain with the scientific name of Naegleria Fowleri - a parasite. This type of parasite is very rare and often causes death for patients to swim or participate in water sports in freshwater lakes, rivers and hot springs.

Amoeba - called Naegleria Fowleri go up to the nose to the brain and cause serious damage in the brain. Most people infected with Naegleria died within a week after infection.

Millions of people in contact with amoeba cause Naegleria infection each year, but only a few of them are sick. Currently scientists have not explained why some people are infected with Naegleria while others do not.

So what is What is the human brain -eating amoeba , how to prevent and treat it will have details in the following article.  

Causes of Amoeba's disease

Awhere amoeba is caused by Naegleria Fowleri amoeba infection, often found freshwater lake around the world, the disease often appears in the summer sometimes found in the soil.

Amoeba enters your body through the nose when the nose is exposed to water or dirt and reaches the brain of the infected person through the nerves that conduct the smell.

Not everyone who is exposed to amoeba is sick, but only a small percentage of millions of people in contact with Naegleria Fowleri is sick.

Symptoms of Amoeba's disease

When a person infected with Naegleria amoeba will cause a disease called the primary amoebic amoebic meningoencephalitis) with symptoms of brain tissue and destruction of brain tissue. Usually starting two to 15 days after amoeba infection, patients with the following symptoms:

  • Changes in smell or taste buds
  • Fever
  • Sudden severe headache
    • stiff neck
  • Sensitive to light
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • The body's imbalance
  • or confusion

    • Sleepy

    epilepsy

  • Illusion

    • The above symptoms will progress very quickly and cause patients to die for about a week.

    Transmission route of Amoeba's diseaseAmoeba

    amoeba is not transmitted from person to person or from patient to water. And the properly cleaned and disinfected swimming pools will not contain Naegleria amoeba.

    People at risk for Amoeba's disease

    In the United States, millions of people exposed to amoeba causing Naegleria infection each year, but very few people get sick. From 2007 to 2017, only 40 cases were recorded. Some factors may increase the risk of Naegleria infections including:

  • Swimming in lakes/ponds/freshwater swimming pools. Most of the sick people swim in the freshwater lake within the last two weeks.
  • amoeba thrives in places where warm or hot water with ideal temperature with amoeba is about 35 degrees C. This type of parasite develops and reproduces a lot in the summer when Warm water temperature increases. In Vietnam, many people believe that when bathing in places with warm/hot water will be beneficial for health, but this is also a suitable residence for amoeba to eat human brain because in the downstream area Often warm.
  • Children and adolescents are the most easily affected age group, maybe because these subjects in the country are longer and work more when they are underwater, so they create things to create things. The amoeba sue has time to move from the nose to the brain.

    • Prevention of Amoeba's disease

    The US disease control and prevention center (CDC) suggests measures to reduce the risk of Naegleria infection:

  • Do not swim in or jump into freshwater lakes and have warm water.
  • Nose cover or use nose clip when jumping or diving into warm waters.
  • Do not disturb the sedimentation in the lake/pool/pond when swimming in shallow and warm water.

    • Diagnostic measures for Amoeba's disease

    Computerized taboos (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may show swelling and bleeding in the brain such as:

  • CT scan. In the process of combining with X -ray projection from many different directions to form the brain's detailed cross -sectional images, to see the damaged positions.
  • MRI scan. The MRI uses radio waves and strong magnetic fields to create extremely detailed images of soft tissues like the brain.

    • Spinal cord detection

    Naegleria amoeba can be seen under a microscope using the spinal removal technique. The doctor will puncture the cerebrospinal fluid at the L2-S2 vertebrae position, during the process of poking the doctor will also measure the pressure of cerebrospinal fluid to assess whether the patient is increased intracranial pressure or not.   

    Amoeba's disease treatments

    Very few infected people can live after Naegleria infection even after being treated. Detecting, diagnosing and treating early is very important for the survival of the patient.

  • The main treatment for Naegleria infection is antifungal, amphotericin b intravenously or injected around the spinal cord of the patient to destroy the amoeba.

    • A tested drug called Miltefosine used for emergency treatment of Naegleria infections. This drug is used with other drugs and combined with the control of brain edema, which can increase the survival of patients.

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