Alia Shoaib
Business Insider
3h ago, Saturday, October 22, 2022
A teenager from Las Vegas died after being infected by a rare brain-eating amoeba, the Southern Nevada Health District said Wednesday.
The boy, who was under 18, might have been exposed at Lake Mead on the Arizona side of the lake, according to the department.
The amoeba, medically called Naegleria fowleri, infects people by entering the nose and traveling up through the brain. The infection destroys brain tissue and causes brain swelling and death.
It cannot infect people if swallowed, and the infection is not contagious between people.
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