- Tragic Death of Two-Year-Old from Brain-Eating Amoeba in Nevada
- Suspected Exposure to Lethal Amoeba at Natural Hot Spring
- Amoeba’s Deadly Path to the Brain and High Fatality Rate
It is believed that Woodrow Bundy was exposed to the lethal amoeba Naegleria fowleri at a natural hot spring. His mother, Briana, wrote on Facebook that he fought for seven days.
In Nevada, a two-year-old child has died from a brain-eating amoeba.
Wednesday, Woodrow Bundy perished of the Naegleria fowleri infection, according to his mother.
It is believed that the youngster was exposed to the lethal amoeba in a natural hot spring.
Woodrow fought for seven days, according to his mother Briana’s Facebook post.
She said, “He is my hero, and I will be eternally grateful to God for giving me the best baby boy on earth, and I am grateful to know I will have him in heaven one day.”
According to the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioural Health, Naegleria fowleri, a microscopic single-celled amoeba, resides in sediment and warm fresh water.
It enters the body via the nostril and travels to the brain, where it causes a severe infection that destroys brain tissue and is almost always fatal.
Beginning with a severe headache, fever, nausea, and vomiting, the symptoms progress to a stiff neck, seizures, and coma, ultimately leading to mortality.
Four of 157 Americans infected with the amoeba have survived since 1962, according to the CDC.
It is advised that individuals avoid plunging into warm freshwater bodies and submerging their heads in hot springs.
