China News Service, September 30, comprehensive report, recently, the terrible "brain-eating worm" was found in tap water in southeastern Texas, and some local residents have been warned not to use tap water.

After a 6-year-old boy in the state tragically died of “brain-eating”, the Lake Jackson area decided to clean its water system for 60 days to ensure the safety of residents. Brazolia County, where he belongs, was also declared to enter Disaster status.

　　According to reports, earlier this month, Josiah McIntyre, a 6-year-old boy in Lake Jackson, Texas, died. The family told city officials that Josiah may have been exposed to human-eating brains due to the fountain in the city and the hose at home. Under the amoeba, the infection died.

The data picture shows a citizen of Flint, Michigan, USA holding a glass of filtered tap water.

　　The boy’s death also prompted a local investigation, which initially identified brain-eating amoeba from three of the 11 water samples collected in the city.

　　Now, the local water supply company is trying to remove any "old water" in order to disinfect the water supply system and replace it with fresh water.

　　"We will complete this work in 60 days," said Modesto Mundo, the city manager of Lake Jackson.

Lake Jackson is located 55 miles south of Houston and has approximately 26,000 residents.

　　According to the report, residents of Lake Jackson were initially warned last weekend not to use tap water except for flushing toilets, but now residents are advised to boil tap water before drinking or cooking, and avoid letting tap water touch their noses.

　　The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated in its website guidelines that brain-eating worms “usually infect people when contaminated water enters the body through the nose” and usually occur when people are in warm fresh water (such as lakes). And river) when swimming.

"Once the amoeba enters the nose, it will reach the brain." It can cause fatal diseases.

　　Texas Governor Abbott issued a disaster statement for Brazolia County on the 27th in response to the deadly parasites found.

　　The "brain-eating worm", also known as Negria flexneri, is a single-celled organism that usually lives in warm fresh water.

It can enter the central nervous system through the nasal cavity, infect the brain, and eventually cause brain death in the infected person.

　　People may experience severe headache, fever, nausea and vomiting after being infected with "brain-eating worm".

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People may also have stiff necks, seizures, hallucinations, and even coma.

According to reports, infected persons generally die within 1 to 18 days after the onset of symptoms.

　　The CDC says that although brain-eating amoeba infections are rare, most are fatal.

From 2009 to 2018, only 34 infections were reported in the United States.

Of these reported cases, 30 people were infected with water used in recreational facilities.

　　According to CDC data, from 1962 to 2018, 145 people were infected by brain-eating amoeba, and only 4 survived.