Dr. David Siderovski offers expert insights on brain-eating amoeba
September 21, 2023 • Uncategorized
From KUT Radio: Texas has the most ‘brain-eating’ amoeba infections in the U.S. Here’s what to know.
As its nickname suggests, the “brain-eating” amoeba infects people by traveling up the nose, through a layer of bone, and up to the olfactory bulb, which is responsible for sending smell signals to your brain. From there, Naegleria fowleri “literally is going to eat the cells of the olfactory bulb and what’s called the cortex of the brain,” said David Siderovski, a pharmacology and neuroscience professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth.
From CBS Texas:Arlington closes public splash pads, pools after possible brain-eating amoeba detected
The City of Arlington closed all of its public splash pads and pools after a water sample collected from the California Lane Park splash pad detected the possible presence of a rare brain-eating amoeba. There are no reports of anyone getting sick or hospitalized linked to the possible finding. Also, Arlington’s drinking water supply is not affected, and the water quality continues to meet all regulatory safety guidelines set by state and federal authorities.
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