Brain-eating amoeba

found in bodies of warm freshwater

causes the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

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Brain-eating amoeba

Brain-eating amoeba

Facts

Facts

found in bodies of warm freshwater

found in bodies of warm freshwater

Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as a "brain-eating amoeba"

Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as a "brain-eating amoeba"

causes the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

causes the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM)

destroys brain tissue and causes brain swelling and death

destroys brain tissue and causes brain swelling and death

Naegleria fowleri amebae can travel up the nose and into the brain 2

Naegleria fowleri amebae can travel up the nose and into the brain 2

Avoid putting your head under water in hot springs and other untreated geothermal waters

Avoid putting your head under water in hot springs and other untreated geothermal waters

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