December 27, 2022 02:06 Last updated: 23:16
The South Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) announced on the 26th that it had discovered the first case of Naegleria fowleri (also known as the brain-eating amoeba) in the country, and the patient was sent to’ the hospital for emergency treatment. and died 10 days later. The first case is also a cause of death.
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The patient, a Korean man in his 50s, returned to South Korea on December 10 after staying in Thailand for 4 months, and then developed symptoms of meningitis such as headache, fever, loss of speech, vomiting and neck stiffness, Although he rushed to hospital for treatment, died on the 21st.
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South Korean authorities extracted Negril bowler’s DNA from the man and compared it to the DNA of meningitis patients abroad, and found that the similarity was as high as 99.6%.
Naegleria fowleri, also known as brain-eating fungus, brain-eating amoeba, amoeba fowleri, is commonly found in warm water environments above 25°C, such as lakes, rivers, ponds , and so forth. 46 degrees is the most fertile, and it enters the human body through the nasal cavity, causing an infection on the brain; the golden treatment period after infection is short, and patients usually die within 2 weeks, with a death rate of over 96%, which is almost inevitable. There are currently no cases of human to human transmission.
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The South Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention urged people to be careful to avoid using unclean water sources when traveling to other places.
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