A man swam in a lake and became infected with a brain-eating amoeba.
A 26-year-old Israeli resident swam in the lake and became infected with the carnivorous amoeba “Naeglera fowleri”. Now she's eating his brain. The man is in critical but stable condition, and doctors are fighting for his life.
This amoeba lives in fresh and warm water, so it mainly infects swimmers. The infection affects the brain and disrupts the functioning of the nervous system.
