Summary Aslam was brought to hospital few days back but breathed his last on Friday.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – The brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, has claimed life of a youth in Karachi on Friday. Aslam, 23, died in a private hospital after suffering from Naeglaria. According to the provincial health department, this was the first death reported in the ongoing year because of the disease, reported Dunya News.
Aslam was brought to the hospital a few days back but breathed his last on Friday after battling against the disease.
According to the researchers, Naegleria has a fatality rate of more than 98 percent. It is transmitted when contaminated water enters the body through the nose and cannot be passed person-to-person.
The amoeba travels from the nasal membranes to the brain. Symptoms are initially very mild, including a headache, stiff neck, fever and stomach pain. Death usually occurs five to seven days after infection.
The disease first surfaced in Karachi, a city of 18 million people, in 2006.
