{"id":22035,"date":"2020-09-15T06:12:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T06:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=22035"},"modified":"2020-09-15T06:12:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T06:12:49","slug":"florida-teen-dies-from-brain-eating-amoeba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=22035","title":{"rendered":"Florida Teen Dies from Brain-Eating Amoeba"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MONDAY, Sept. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The parents of a 13-year-old boy in Florida who died from brain-eating amoeba<\/a> want to warn others about the risk of the waterborne infection.<\/p>\n

Tanner Lake Wall, 13, became ill after a family vacation last month at a North Florida campground that has a lake and water park. He was hospitalized and put on a ventilator, but taken off life support on Aug. 2 after he showed no brain activity, CBS News<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n

The teen’s parents hope their tragedy alerts other families to the dangers of this amoeba, called Naegleria fowleri<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

“So parents are aware, maybe they weren’t thinking about it because I can sure tell you we weren’t,” the teen’s father, Travis Wall said, CBS News<\/i> reported. “We grew up swimming<\/a> in ponds and creeks and stuff like that.”<\/p>\n

Typically found in warm fresh water, such as lakes, rivers and springs, Naegleria fowleri<\/a><\/i> can get into the brain when contaminated water enters the nose, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> says.<\/p>\n

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