• Who's Afraid of Brain-Eating Amoebas?

  • Aug 20 2024
  • Durée: 28 min
  • Podcast

Who's Afraid of Brain-Eating Amoebas?

  • Résumé

  • In 2023, both a toddler in Arkansas and a swimmer in Texas died from the infection of a brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, likely contracted from local water sources. ""Brain-eating amoebas"" is a scary headline that sounds like something out of the Twilight Zone, but just how worried should we be? And how serious are the ramifications of infection? (Spoiler: They're pretty darn serious.)

    On this episode of Heath Matters, we sit down with Dr. Bobbi Pritt to talk about brain-eating amoebas, what they are, how concerned we should be about them, and ways to avoid infection.

    Find us online at Mayo Clinic Press for more health and wellness articles, podcasts and books.

    Do you have feedback, questions or topic suggestions? Email us at mcppodcasts@mayo.edu.



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