Did you know about the amoeba that eats brains like a zombie?

The brain-eating amoeba, first detected in the US, causes infection in the brain and often leads to death.

It is popularly known as the brain-eating amoeba, but its real name is 'naegleria fowleri'. In Naegleria fowleri, the single-celled amoeba causes an infection of the brain, which is often fatal. The single-celled Naegleria fowleri, which is mostly found in fresh water such as lakes and rivers, is transmitted only through the nose and cannot be passed from person to person.

Entering the olfactory canal, the amoebae pass through the nasal mucosa and settle in the cerebrospinal fluid and brain via the olfactory nerve. They cause meningitis called Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), a sudden fatal disease.

Symptoms include rhinitis, high fever, nausea, headache and eye pain. Death occurs in a short time with confusion and coma.

HOW IS BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA TRANSMITTED? Brain-eating amoeba is not a disease that can be transmitted from person to person.