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title: "Parasites that eat brain"  
description: "A brief explanation about the parasites named Naegleria fowleri amoeba and Toxoplasma gondii"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-12  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2871/parasites-that-eat-brain  
category: "science"  
tags: ["Parasites", "Naegleria fowleri amoeba", "Toxoplasma gondii", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Parasites that eat brain

![Parasites that eat brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/367ae852-6417-4fc2-aa90-6cf91a86a9e0/images/eb4b8bc8-22d0-441b-b475-81729071f2fc.jpeg) ![Parasites that eat brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/367ae852-6417-4fc2-aa90-6cf91a86a9e0/images/86a4d717-d113-4299-82e7-417311b52cdd.jpeg) The Naegleria fowleri amoeba is the most common parasite that can infect the brain. ![Parasites that eat brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/367ae852-6417-4fc2-aa90-6cf91a86a9e0/images/0ac057cb-a771-47cc-bcd0-6917319914ba.jpeg) It lives in warm freshwater environments such as lakes, rivers, and hot springs. ![Parasites that eat brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/367ae852-6417-4fc2-aa90-6cf91a86a9e0/images/3779218a-19cd-4edb-b011-3cc94447a24b.jpeg) It enters the body through the nose when swimming in contaminated water, causing a deadly infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). ![Parasites that eat brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/367ae852-6417-4fc2-aa90-6cf91a86a9e0/images/f03c5300-67f6-44b9-bf20-350c131dbaf2.jpeg) PAM symptoms, such as headache, fever, neck stiffness, nausea, vomiting, light sensitivity, hallucinations, seizures, and coma. ![Parasites that eat brain](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/367ae852-6417-4fc2-aa90-6cf91a86a9e0/images/9b166fe8-6f74-453e-aa15-336f6cb84799.jpeg) Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan found in cat feces, can infect the brain through consumption of contaminated food or contact with cat feces.

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