Florida students say they lost most of their athletic performance after being infected with a deadly brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a stagnant pond. increase.
"It was hard. I had to learn how to walk, rewrite, and redo all the basics," said survivor Sebastian Deleon (22,). Reminded me of the tragic story of Click Orlando. The
Weston native is one of four recorded 154 cases that survived infection by the deadly brain-eating amoeba naegleria fowleri, which causes panic nationwide. This insidious creature penetrates the swimmer's nose and roots in the brain, infecting it with primary amebic meningoencephalitis. This is a 97% chance of being fatal, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Although found all over the world,microscopic monsters mainly live in warm freshwater such as lakes, rivers and hot springs, and poorly maintained pools. It may also appear in. It cannot survive in salt water and cannot spread from one person to another.
Deleon reportedly swam six years ago. I was infected with a bug when I was 16 years old. In a stagnant pond near his home in Broward County.
"I think I entered three or two times," said a teenager at the time who had never heard of parasites at the time. .. "I jumped in there, and I didn't cover my nose, and I just threw a cannonball in a way."
Deleon, his parents Rafael Deleon in Orlando. After experiencing a terrible headache while spending a vacation with Brunil Dagonzales, he didn't think of anything about it.
"This headache was different," explained the distraught young man. "It felt more — the explanation I kept saying at the hospital was that there was a smooth rock above my head and I felt someone pushing it down."
Deleon said, "I couldn't get up and move, so my parents said," OK, there's something wrong with this boy. " I added.
He likened that feeling to "the roller coaster was spinning around, I had to wear sunglasses, and the sun wasn't uniform."
Then Deleon's parents rushed his son to the hospital. There, doctors initially suspected that Florida people had meningitis, Crick Orlando reported. However, a spinal puncture revealed that he had the aforementioned water-based amoeba. It was suspected that a doctor had invaded Nogin through his nose.
Fearing the worst, doctors tell patients He was given several different antibiotics, including the new drug Impavid, and before falling into a coma for about a week, theDaily Mail reported. Meanwhile, the poor boy suffered a severe brain injury and lost about 20 pounds.
On the plus side, Deleon's health began to improve incredibly and he was transferred to Joe DiMaggio's Children's Rehabilitation Center. There, he helped the nurse regain his ability to climb and descend stairs and how much he could improve his strength. He was able to lift more than 5 pounds.
After that, Deleon recovered dramatically. Medical personnel felt miraculous, given that half of Negrelia faureli patients were less than five days old, regardless of treatment. He is currently attending college to earn a degree in criminal justice.
"Wow, I'm really a miracle"Deleon Said while zooming in on the 2016 Amoeba Summithosted by the Jordan Smersky Foundation for Amoeba Awareness.
Many experts say the students survived after taking Impavido, a German experimental drug that was also given to two other amoebic survivors.
"I was optimistic at first because I knew this was the first time I had received a drug while the patient was still conscious," said Orlando-based Profounda, Inc. Impavido CEO Todd McLaughlan told US distributor Crick Orlando.
He added, "The most important thing is proper diagnosis and the second thing is speed. Make sure you get the drug to them as soon as possible. Severe car accident Consider the treatment of severe brain trauma. This is to prevent swelling of the brain. "
Deleon finally hopes his story can spread awareness of the insidious things13 years old in Port Charlotte, Florida last month. Infected boy There is, "declared Deleon. "This is something no one, almost anyone knows, but it's still so deadly that I really think we need to be more aware of it."
It's scary enough. If not, Amoeva could spreaddue to climate change
Scientists have created ideal conditions for warming temperatures to make Amoeva more and more prosperous. Claims to be in the waters of the northern United States.
Last month, a Missouri woman died after being infected with amoeba while swimming on Iowa Beach
