The brain-eating amoeba has struck in South Korea. Due to this a 50-year-old man died.
This is the first case of amoeba infection in South Korea. The infection, called Naegleria fowleri, is also known as the “brain-eating amoeba”.
According to a report in the Korea Times, a Korean citizen who had returned from Thailand died 10 days after showing symptoms.A man from South Korea in his 50s who returned from Thailand passed away after getting infected with brain-eating amoeba, a fatal infection.
He began to show symptoms such as headache, fever, vomiting, slurred speech, and stiffness of the neck on the evening of his arrival. He was admitted to hospital the next day but could not be saved. The deadly infection called Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as ‘brain-eating amoeba’ is first such case in South Korea.