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Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Lake | Lake Charles News
Louisiana’s health department confirms a rare, deadly brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri infected a swimmer in Lake Claiborne — a terrifying but uncommon threat that lurks in warm freshwater. This amoeba enters the brain through the nose, causing rapid-onset symptoms like severe headaches, fever, seizures, and coma — and it’s almost always fatal. You can’t catch it from swallowing water or person-to-person, and it doesn’t live in saltwater or properly chlorinated pools. With only 180 cases nationwide since 1937 — including just three in Louisiana — officials say the risk is slim……
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