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The amoeba destroys tissue as it makes its way up into the brain, where it continues the damage, "basically feeding on the brain cells" .

Since I'm a carrier of this damn microscopic thing, I just want to share this scary news to you readers. Not to scare you, but for you to have an insight and to prevent getting infected with this deadly parasite. I was hospitalized for almost two weeks by this invasive amoebiasis inside my intestine. 

Though different from the one featured on the news, still they're on the same family.

Now here's the news:

It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.

Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it's killed six boys and young men this year. The spike in cases has health officials concerned, and they are predicting more cases in the future.

"This is definitely something we need to track," said Michael Beach, a specialist in recreational waterborne illnesses for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"This is a heat-loving amoeba. As water temperatures go up, it does better," Beach said. "In future decades, as temperatures rise, we'd expect to see more cases."

According to the CDC, the amoeba called Naegleria fowleri (nuh-GLEER-ee-uh FOWL'-erh-eye) killed 23 people in the United States, from 1995 to 2004. This year health officials noticed a spike with six cases — three in Florida, two in Texas and one in Arizona. The CDC knows of only several hundred cases worldwide since its discovery in Australia in the 1960s.

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