Florida Man...I mean amoeba
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‘Brain-eating amoeba’ case reported in Hillsborough County
One person in Hillsborough County has been infected with a potentially lethal amoeba that can cause brain tissue damage, according to a Hillsborough County Health Department release on Friday.
The Naegleria fowleri is sometimes referred to as a “brain-eating amoeba.” The “microscopic single-celled living amoeba” is usually found in ponds, rivers, lakes and other warm freshwater environments. It can lead to primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare infection that can result in destruction of brain tissue and is often fatal.
The Health Department news release did not disclose the water body involved, the identity of the person infected or their condition.
OK, I get the HIPAA stuff about not revealing his name, but to not disclose the location seems reckless.
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@George-K said in Florida Man...I mean amoeba:
‘Brain-eating amoeba’ case reported in Hillsborough County
One person in Hillsborough County has been infected with a potentially lethal amoeba that can cause brain tissue damage, according to a Hillsborough County Health Department release on Friday.
The Naegleria fowleri is sometimes referred to as a “brain-eating amoeba.” The “microscopic single-celled living amoeba” is usually found in ponds, rivers, lakes and other warm freshwater environments. It can lead to primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare infection that can result in destruction of brain tissue and is often fatal.
The Health Department news release did not disclose the water body involved, the identity of the person infected or their condition.
OK, I get the HIPAA stuff about not revealing his name, but to not disclose the location seems reckless.
Maybe the pond was on his property.
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When I was a young lad, they thought the disease was caused by an Entamoeba species, but amoeba infection of the brain was a known thing. We tend to have a case in Louisiana every year or so.
They even had a test for it in the late 1970's...Moan's Hemagglutination Test. I don't have a clue what they do now.
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Case reports on this every year. Caused by Naegleria fowleri, it goes up the nose, passes through the cribriform plate at the base of the skull which separates the nasal passage from the brain right above. Pretty awful way to get ill
Entameoba histolytica causes just dysentery. A lot less fatal although it can cause a liver abscess by invading through the colon directly into the liver. (which is called colloquially an anchovy paste abscess because of its consistency) seen a few of those.
