Florida Teen Fighting For His Life After Contracting Brain-Eating Amoeba While Swimming During Family Beach Trip
27.07.2022 - 23:33
/ perezhilton.com
One teenager is fighting for his life in the hospital after contracting a rare case of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, following a family trip to the beach.
According to a GoFundMe page, 13-year-old Caleb Ziegelbauer caught the life-threatening infection when his family went swimming at Port Charlotte Beach in Florida on July 1. Five days later, he began to complain of a headache that was soon followed by a fever and hallucinations. His parents rushed Caleb to the Golisano Children’s Hospital in Fort Myers, where doctors first diagnosed him with meningitis and placed him in the PICU. However, the physicians later determined that the amoeba had entered his body and caused his illness. He has been in the hospital ever since. The teen’s aunt, Katie Chiet, told NBC2:
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She noted that it took a couple of days before the family figured out that the exposure to the water could have been the cause of his symptoms. And since July 10, the family said doctors have been following CDC protocols to treat the amoeba. Katie expressed to the outlet:
She continued:
In an update shared on GoFundMe Wednesday, Katie revealed that “Caleb has had a couple of restful days,” but there was still some “increased inflammation so his medical team decided to try an induced hypothermia protocol to allow his brain to use less energy and heal.” He was “chilled to a frigid 93.5 degrees” on Monday, but his medical team is planning to rewarm him and “try to keep him fever free” at this time. Caleb also suffered from his first seizure a couple of days ago.
In case you didn’t know, Naegleria fowleri basically causes a rare and almost always fatal infection
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