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Rare Brain Amoeba Claims Young Girl | Raleigh News
A Louisiana girl died from a rare, deadly brain-eating amoeba she likely caught while swimming in a local lake — a microscopic threat that thrives in warm freshwater and enters the body through the nose. Though not contagious and extremely rare (only three cases in Louisiana since 1937), warming waters due to climate change may bring this danger north. Symptoms start like flu but quickly escalate to life-threatening neurological damage. Her family described her injuries as too severe for her young body to handle; she was hospitalized after fever and double vision. The community rallied with…
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