Brain-eating amoeba: Kerala reports another death from amoebic meningoencephalitis
A 73-year-old woman in Kerala has died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba. The woman developed symptoms on May 6 and was hospitalized shortly after, but her condition worsened. Health officials are now monitoring others who worked with her and have implemented preventive measures in the area.
- ▪The woman succumbed to the disease on May 15 at a private hospital in Kothamangalam.
- ▪She is suspected to have contracted the infection from washing her face with canal water.
- ▪Health officials have conducted superchlorination of local water sources as a preventive measure.
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A 73-year-old woman from Nellikuzhi in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district of Kerala has died of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).The Health department has confirmed that the death occurred due to the rare, but lethal central nervous system infection caused by free-living amoebae found in freshwater, lakes, and rivers. Rare and fatal brain-eating amoeba infection | ExplainedSenior officials said on Wednesday that the woman succumbed to the disease on May 15 at a private hospital in Kothamangalam. She had developed symptoms of the infection, including fever and headache on May 6. She was admitted at the hospital on May 8 and was rushed to another hospital in Aluva the same day after her condition had worsened.
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