Thrissur: Amoebic encephalitis reported in Thrissur. The disease was confirmed by a 7th class student from Padoor. The child was infected with Vermamoeba vermiformis. The boy is undergoing treatment at the hospital and the hospital authorities said that there is no need to worry about his health.
Meanwhile, the health condition of the child who is suffering from amoebic encephalitis in a private hospital in Kozhikode is improving. The child was shifted from ICU to step down ICU. The child is given five medicines, including one brought from Germany.
A 14-year-old from Thikkoti native was diagnosed with amoebic encephalitis last Friday. Even before the disease was confirmed, preventive medicines were given on the suspicion that this may be the disease. The child developed fever after taking a bath in the pond near Paioli Pallikkara in Thikkoti Panchayat. Last day, a student died of amoebic brain fever in Farok.
