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Aren’t there some kinds of amoeba that can cross the BBB and take up residence in the brain? And fungal infections? (Or am I just thinking of horror movie plo
by AvAn12 2y ago
Aren’t there some kinds of amoeba that can cross the BBB and take up residence in the brain? And fungal infections? (Or am I just thinking of horror movie plots?)
- lamename 2y agoThe one I know of is terrifying and usually lethal. It gets in through the nose/cribriform plate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri
- mr_toad 2y agoIt’s rare, but viruses, bacteria, fungi, amoeba, worms and other parasites can get into the brain and cause meningitis. Amoeba can get in via the nose from contaminated water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleriasis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleriasis You really don’t want that happening because they’ll literally eat your brain.