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Florida Teen Fighting For His Life After Contracting Brain-Eating Amoeba While Swimming During Family Beach Trip

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One teenager is fighting for his life in the hospital after contracting a rare case of Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, following a family trip to the beach.

According to a GoFundMe page, 13-year-old Caleb Ziegelbauer caught the life-threatening infection when his family went swimming at Port Charlotte Beach in Florida on July 1.

Five days later, he began to complain of a headache that was soon followed by a fever and hallucinations. His parents rushed Caleb to the Golisano Children’s Hospital in Fort Myers, where doctors first diagnosed him with meningitis and placed him in the PICU.

However, the physicians later determined that the amoeba had entered his body and caused his illness. He has been in the hospital ever since.

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