Budak Maut Akibat Otak Diserang Ameba

dauswq

Christian Strickland, 9, dies from rare amoeba disease

                    
            

State epidemiologist Dr. Keri Hall declined to name the child, but the victim's mother identified him as 9-year-old Christian Alexander Strickland of Henrico County.

The boy died Aug. 5 and Hall received the autopsy results Friday confirming the cause of death as meningoencephalitis- inflammation of the brain and its lining.

The victim's mother, Amber Strickland, said her son had attended a fishing day camp at the James River and other locations the week before he died.

"He went from playing video games to being brain dead," she said.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports it's the first case of an amoeba death in Virginia since 1969.

State health officials issued an advisory Saturday, saying the amoeba proliferates in stagnant freshwater lakes and ponds during hot weather. The amoeba usually live in shallow stagnant areas when temperatures are 80 degrees or above. The mud-dwelling microorganisms die off when temperatures cool.

Dr. Michael Edmond, epidemiologist for VCU Medical Center and chief of infectious diseases, said the amoeba swims up the nose, through the sinuses and into the space around the brain, causing meningoencephalitis in a day to two weeks.

A similar death occurred last weekend in central Florida involving a 16-year-old girl.

"I prayed and prayed. I was hoping I would get a miracle," P.J. Nash said. Her daughter Courtney went swimming in the St. John's river, then  started getting severe headaches. This weekend, she died of the same form of meningitis.

Tee Clarkson, who has run the Richmond-based Virginia Fishing Adventures day camp for seven years, said it's impossible to know where the boy contracted the amoeba and whether it happened on a fishing trip.

Clarkson said the Virginia Department of Health asked him not to release the names of the water bodies where the boy and other campers went fishing.

He said he has made some changes in the way the camps operate, including spending more time fishing in the James River rather than in ponds, where amoebas are more likely to multiply. He has also warned campers to hold their noses if they go underwater and to try not to swallow fresh water.

Jeremy Lewis, a Texas father whose 7-year-old son, Kyle, died last year after contracting an amoeba while swimming in a pond with his family, said he wants to make people aware of the dangers of swimming in still water, particularly in warm weather.
Lewis and his wife, Julie, formed the Kyle Lewis Amoeba Awareness Foundation to raise money and public knowledge about the parasite.
"Prevention is the only thing you have," Lewis said. "As a father who lost a child, I'm asking, why didn't I know about this?"

dauswq

hati2 ngan tasik air tawar di kawasan perumahan anda

bluberi

dh la x nampak ngan mata kasar..
kecik2 cili padi

chewan

Reply 2# dauswq


   The amoeba usually live in shallow stagnant areas when temperatures are 80 degrees or above

mana sampai temp gtu kt msia...air yang stagnant lagi...tasik msia flow dia ada even pun x selaju sungai, unless kes kt bekas lombong

dauswq

Reply 4# chewan

aku assume 80 degree bukan celcius sbb temp US berdasarkan ukuran farenheit...

80 F = 26.6667 C ...suhu hampir dekat suhu Msia
Msia ni pun byk takungan air spt tasik dan sbgnye...
tp kes ni sgt jarang berlaku di Msia....so pelikkk
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/health/infectious-diseases/2011/08/21/314049/Three-dead.htm

Three dead in US from brain-killing amoeba
WASHINGTON--Three young Americans have died this year from a rare water-borne amoeba that swims up through the nose and infects the brain, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.

Naegleria fowleri — an amoeba found in warm freshwater lakes and rivers and occasionally in poorly treated swimming pools — causes a “rare, but severe” brain infection and kills around three people a year, the CDC said.

In the first week the disease causes major headaches, fever, vomiting and a stiffening of the neck, eventually leading to confusion, seizures and hallucinations. The disease is almost always fatal.

There is no apparent cure for the extremely rare disease, though some drugs have proved effective in the laboratory, the CDC said.

Just 32 people were infected in the United States from 2001 to 2010, far less than the 36,000 drowning deaths recorded between 1996 and 2005, according to the CDC.

The center provides more information at www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria.

Earlier this month a 16-year-old died of the infection after an outdoor swim in Florida and a nine-year-old died in Virginia after contracting the disease at a summer fishing camp.

In June a 20-year-old in Louisiana was infected by a contaminated nasal allergy spray. The disease is more common in the balmy U.S. southern states.

Amoebas thrive in warm water, and another species, Entamoeba histolytica, causes intestinal disease, particularly in tropical climates with poor sanitary conditions.

& budak2 selalu kena dan mati...adekah sbb diorg kurang amik langkah penjagaan kebersihan?
at
Kt US dh 3 org mati...

iszablack

ooooo.. now i know. . info yg sgt berguna.

winamp05

pergh. menakutkan lah. takut nak gi menjala kat lombong lepas ni. adeh. apepasal ko bawak kluar berita gini daus. kensel plan aku nak gi menjala sepat. huhuhuhu.

winamp05

Reply  chewan

aku assume 80 degree bukan celcius sbb temp US berdasarkan ukuran farenheit...

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dauswq Post at 23-9-2011 05:30 AM

kalau tkat 26 celcius tu air yg kene panas terik kat mesia ni belambak. lopak air pun boleh cecah lebih dari tu bila dijemur matahari. dah jadi air musyammas la kiranya. makruh amik wudhuk. ehehehe

dauswq

Reply 7# winamp05

jgn risauler...
cuaca Msia yg tak mengkehendakkan amobe membiak ngan byk
berbeza ngan US kerana kwn Virginia, North Carolina bukan kwsn Khatulistiwa

satu lagik, serangan amoeba kena kt budak jek berdasarkn laporan berita di atas..

cuma berhati2 jek lah...

mbhcsf

wow amoeba could cause meningoencephalitis  hmm interesting ..i ingat dysentery ( inflammation / radang usus)

cubby_qt

salam

oooo...patutla adik ipar ari tu kene gatal2 seluru badan selepas mandi di kaw air terjun.... ( x ingat la). kaki bengkak sampai masuk ICU, didapati darah kotor... bahaya juga. kawan2 yg sama2 mandi di sana pun kene... sbb adik ipar tu siap menyelam.. sure la ada masuk idung kan... erm... bahaya....

pinklollipop

Reply 1# dauswq


   hai daus.lama x nampak?

back to the initial topic...

kes ni berlaku masa summer eh?
atau spring...
usually summer suhu akan jadi sangat2 panas.
adakah microorganisms akan membiak dgn byk pd suhu 80 F? atau dlm suhu more than 80 F pun diorang leh membiak?

dauswq

Reply 12# pinklollipop


  hi lolli....nnt kita borak2 bile ade mase

serangan ni khabarnye berlaku pd waktu summer...
mgkn temeperature tu sesuai tuk pembiakan mikroorganisma