Of the 157 people known to be infected in the U.S. between 1962 and 2022, only four individuals survived — meaning the death rate is more than 97%.
after becoming infected with the bacteria while swimming in a lake with friends.
Fox News Digital spoke with Tammy Lundstrom, chief medical officer and infectious disease specialist for Trinity Health Brain-eating amoeba infection, naegleriasis. Flagellate forms, trophozites and cysts of the parasite Naegleria fowleri.“The risk of brain-eating amoeba is very low,” she said. “Fewer than 10 people in the U.S. every year get infected — but unfortunately most cases are fatal. There are only a handful of survivors of known cases.”The southern U.S.
“People usually start to feel ill one to 12 days after the water exposure,” Lundstrom said. “Early symptoms should prompt a medical evaluation, as they are also signs of bacterial meningitis.”Prevention of infection “Infection occurs when water harboring the amoeba goes up a person’s nose, usually during swimming,” she said. Drinking contaminated water does not cause infection, and it does not spread from one person to another, Lundstrom added.
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