Primary+Amoebic+Meningoencephalitis+(Naegleria+fowleri)


 * 1) Primary Amoebic is a disease of the central nervous system casued by infection from Naegleria fowleri.
 * 2) Chlorine harms the organism.
 * 3) Most people get the Primary Amoebic disease by exposure to the olfactory nerve.
 * 4) Some ways to prevent this disease is to wear nose clips or hold your nose,avoid stagnat water and staying out of the water it rains.
 * 5) The ameba that causes the infection lives in soil and in freshwater ponds, lakes, rivers and etc.
 * 6) Infection with Naegleria occurs whe the ameba enters the body through the nose.
 * 7) Once, in the body the ameba travels to the brain and the spinal cord where it destroys the brain tissue.
 * 8) Ameba transforms into flagellas as a distinctive featureof Naegleria.
 * 9) Primary Amoebic is a rare and a very deadly disease caused by the infection with ameba(Naegleria fowleri).
 * 10) Cases of the disease usually occur from June through September.
 * 11) When the water is below 80 degrees, the ameba exists in a cyst from that is not capable of causing an infection.
 * 12) Naegleria thrives in water, stagnant bodies of fresh water above 80 degrees.
 * 13) Physicians should give an array of antimicrobial drugs, including drugs used to treat amoebic encephalitis, before the disease is actually confirmed. In order to increase the number of survivors.

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By: Asma D. & Shaiann R.

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