I gather from the article this appears to have spiked big time this year in the US.
It seemed like a headache, nothing more. But when pain killers and a trip to the emergency room didn't fix Aaron Evans, the 14-year-old asked his dad
if he was going to die.
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What was bothering Aaron was an amoeba, a microscopic organism called Naegleria fowleri that attacks the body through the nasal cavity, quickly eating
its way to the brain. The doctors said he probably picked it up a week before while swimming in the balmy shallows of Lake Havasu.
www.examiner.com...
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Kind of makes one wonder how many other lakes in the south have them??
Cases have been cnfirmed in FL, TX and AZ according to the article.
