Second death in Georgia this week linked to rare brain-eating amoeba

A Georgia resident has died after likely being infected with Naegleria fowleri, a rare brain-eating amoeba, while swimming in freshwater.
Naegleria fowleri causes a brain infection that is usually fatal, with only four survivors out of 154 US cases from 1962 to 2021.
This is the second death this week in Georgia attributed to the amoeba, which enters the body through the nose when swimming.
Symptoms include severe headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, and seizures, progressing to hallucinations, coma, and death.
People should limit water going up the nose when swimming in warm freshwater to reduce infection risk.