A girl remained in a coma after contracting an amoeba "comecerebros" while she was swimming in a lake

A family walk on Whitney Lake in Texas caused a nightmare for 10-year-old Lily Avant. While swimming contracted an amoeba "comecerebros" and a few days later she was hospitalized in a coma. According to doctors, 97% of people infected with this parasite die.

Local media reported that it all began a week ago when the girl went to spend the day outside with her family. Although that afternoon, dozens of tourists flung themselves to the water, she was the only one to have had a strange symptom: fever.

"They checked in. There were several viruses circulating around the school and they thought it was, so they sent her home," said her aunt, Wendy Scott. , referring to their first medical consultation.

However, the photo was complicated and they had to be hospitalized urgently. "His eyes were open, he was there, but he did not speak. Nothing"his aunt is remembered when they saw that he was not answering them.

After performing a lumbar puncture, the doctors confirmed that he had been infected with the virus. Naegleria Fowleri, Commonly known as amoebic amibara, which causes a rare condition called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (MAP).

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that amoeba is a unicellular living organism commonly found in temperate freshwaters such as lakes and rivers. The parasite enters the body through the nose, goes to the brain and destroys the tissue.