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Deadly Brain Amoeba Claims Two Lives | Los Angeles News
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Two children have died from a rare, deadly brain-eating amoeba in just days — one in Louisiana, the other in North Carolina. Naegleria fowleri, found in warm freshwater, causes fatal brain infection when water enters the nose. Symptoms start with severe headaches and rapidly escalate. With only about 180 confirmed U.S. cases since 1937 — nearly all fatal — experts urge caution: hold your nose underwater, avoid digging in warm shallow water, keep head above water in hot springs, and use boiled or distilled water for nasal rinses.
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