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How do i know if i have brain eating amoeba?
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Naegleria Fowleri ?: Sx’s include headache, fever, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting as well as changes in the sense of smell ; touch. Symptoms progress with confusion, hallucinations ; seizures. You would be deathly ill if you had a brain eating amoeba.
Answered 6/1/2019
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