Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Kerala Health Minister Veena George held a high-level meeting of the health department amid two deaths and one case of hospitalization due to amoebic meningoencephalitis in the last two months.
It has been decided that special guidelines will be issued for the state regarding amoebic meningoencephalitis. Instructions have been given to strengthen awareness. The amoeba enters the brain through rare openings in the thin membrane that separates the nose from the brain or through a hole in the eardrum and causes meningoencephalitis. Therefore, children with pus in the ears should not bathe in ponds, stagnant water, etc. The minister asked to seek treatment immediately if symptoms occur.
Caution should be taken against amoebic meningoencephalitis. Bathing in stagnant water and diving in water should be avoided as much as possible. Water in water theme parks and swimming pools must be properly chlorinated to ensure cleanliness.
In particular, amebic meningoencephalitis is a very rare disease in people who have contact with sources of stagnant or running water. There are very few scientific studies and study results on this rare disease. Statistics indicate that only 2.6 out of every 10 lakh people who come in contact with such water in the world contract this disease. The disease usually occurs when Naegleria fowleri, a type of amoeba, infects the brain.
This disease is not transmitted from person to person. The amoeba that lives in stagnant water enters the human body through the thin skin of the nose and causes encephalitis, which seriously affects the brain. Free-living amoebas are generally found in stagnant bodies of water. Bacteria from the amoeba family are transmitted through the fine pores of the nose when bathing in drains or swimming pools. It enters the human body and seriously affects the brain and causes encephalitis.
Symptoms appear between one and nine days after infection. The main symptoms are severe headache, fever, nausea, vomiting and difficulty turning the neck. Later, when it reaches a critical state, symptoms such as epilepsy, loss of consciousness and memory loss occur. The diagnosis is made by taking fluid from the spinal cord and analyzing it. People who bathe in standing water should report these symptoms and seek treatment.
The amoeba enters the body by bathing in stagnant or dirty water. So avoid getting sick by bathing in stagnant water or drains and not splashing water up your nose. Do not ignore the symptoms and consult a doctor as soon as possible. There is no problem with children bathing in properly chlorinated pools, according to a press release from the Ministry of Health.
It has been decided that special guidelines will be issued for the state regarding amoebic meningoencephalitis. Instructions have been given to strengthen awareness. The amoeba enters the brain through rare openings in the thin membrane that separates the nose from the brain or through a hole in the eardrum and causes meningoencephalitis. Therefore, children with pus in the ears should not bathe in ponds, stagnant water, etc. The minister asked to seek treatment immediately if symptoms occur.
Caution should be taken against amoebic meningoencephalitis. Bathing in stagnant water and diving in water should be avoided as much as possible. Water in water theme parks and swimming pools must be properly chlorinated to ensure cleanliness.
In particular, amebic meningoencephalitis is a very rare disease in people who have contact with sources of stagnant or running water. There are very few scientific studies and study results on this rare disease. Statistics indicate that only 2.6 out of every 10 lakh people who come in contact with such water in the world contract this disease. The disease usually occurs when Naegleria fowleri, a type of amoeba, infects the brain.
This disease is not transmitted from person to person. The amoeba that lives in stagnant water enters the human body through the thin skin of the nose and causes encephalitis, which seriously affects the brain. Free-living amoebas are generally found in stagnant bodies of water. Bacteria from the amoeba family are transmitted through the fine pores of the nose when bathing in drains or swimming pools. It enters the human body and seriously affects the brain and causes encephalitis.
Symptoms appear between one and nine days after infection. The main symptoms are severe headache, fever, nausea, vomiting and difficulty turning the neck. Later, when it reaches a critical state, symptoms such as epilepsy, loss of consciousness and memory loss occur. The diagnosis is made by taking fluid from the spinal cord and analyzing it. People who bathe in standing water should report these symptoms and seek treatment.
The amoeba enters the body by bathing in stagnant or dirty water. So avoid getting sick by bathing in stagnant water or drains and not splashing water up your nose. Do not ignore the symptoms and consult a doctor as soon as possible. There is no problem with children bathing in properly chlorinated pools, according to a press release from the Ministry of Health.
