NC Teen Succumbs to Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba After Freshwater Exposure

A North Carolina teenager died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a rare brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater. Infections can cause primary amebic meningoencephalitis and rapidly progress to coma and death, with the case under investigation and the patient receiving treatment at UNC Hospital after severe headaches led to diagnosis.