scary ? There is a “brain-eating” amoeba, a teenager was killed in the United States

An amoeba is a single-celled organism, simply put. This, identified by scientists, is known as “Naegleria fowleri,” he says Parisianwith information taken from the Guardian daily.

Deadly amoeba invisible to the naked eye “invisible to the naked eye” first attacks the mucous membranes of the nose before ascending to the brain. The disease it causes, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, is almost always fatal. It can take up to ten days to cover the victim’s face, from the nostrils to the brain, but The first symptoms generally appear after five days.

Hence its little name “brain-eating amoeba”.

case in France

In the United States, 154 infections and deaths have been attributed to this amoeba. Only one person, a 9-year-old, died of stunt meningitis after he sucked water from his nose while bathing in a pool of hot water in Guadeloupe.