Naegleria claims another life in Karachi, toll rises to six
This was the sixth death reported in Karachi in the ongoing year because of the disease.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Naegleria has claimed another life in Karachi on Friday. According to the provincial health department, this was the sixth death reported in Karachi in the ongoing year because of the disease.
According to details, 30-year-old Muhammad Adnan, a resident of North Karachi was under treatment at a private clinic in the city where he breathed his last on Friday.
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 20 million people, in 2006.
