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N Fowleri infection prevention
Can taking Azithromycin as soon as one suspects chance of infection help prevent N Fowleri infection or one only has to wait and watch for symptoms and can be only treated in hospital with combination of medicines? I had some fresh groundwater go in my nostril today.
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Dr. Baisali Sarkar
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
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Kolkata
Naegleria fowleri is an ameba (single-celled living organism) that lives in soil and warm fresh water, such as lakes, rivers, and hot springs.
It is commonly called the “brain-eating ameba” because it can cause a brain infection when water containing the ameba goes up the nose.
The first symptoms usually start about 5 days after infection, but they can start within 1 to 12 days.
Symptoms may include headache, fever, nausea, or vomiting. Later symptoms can include stiff neck, confusion, lack of attention to people and surroundings, seizures, hallucinations, and coma.
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Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is treated with a combination of drugs, often including amphotericin B, azithromycin, fluconazole, rifampin, miltefosine, and dexamethasone.
Hence Azithromycin will be helpful
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