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What Are the First Symptoms Someone Might Have?

Symptoms of PAM are not specific to this disease and resemble those of viral meningitis. Symptoms include headache, fever, stiff neck, loss of appetite, vomiting, altered mental state, seizures, and coma. There may also be hallucinations, drooping eyelids, blurred vision, and loss of the sense of taste.

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How Long Do Brain-Eating Amoebas Take to Kill You?

It takes two to 15 days for symptoms to appear after N. fowleri amoebas enter the nose. Death usually occurs three to seven days after symptoms appear. The average time to death is 5.3 days from symptom onset. Only one U.S. patient survived brain infection with these amoebas. This patient, a 9-year-old California girl, was successfully given anti-amoeba antibiotics and, after a month in the hospital, recovered completely. Worldwide, there have been seven reports of survival.

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How Long Do Brain-Eating Amoebas Take to Kill You?

what happened to Bret Michaels

“At this point Bret Michaels remains in ICU in critical condition. He is under 24 hour doctors care and supervision. We are hopeful that further tests will locate the source of the bleeding, which has still not been located. As we all know Bret is a fighter and we are hopeful that once all is complete the slurred speech, blurred vision and dizziness, etc., will be eliminated and all functions will return to normal,” read the post on BretMichaels.com. More tests, and more waiting – it#39;s all t

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Fish Leong and Victor Wong

Malaysian actor Victor Wong, left, speaks as Malaysian actress Fish Leong gestures during a press conference to promote their new movie #39;Ice Kacang Puppy Love#39; in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. If you#39;re a fan of Fish Leong#39;s music, there#39;s bad news. The songstress has developed an itch for acting after starring in Aniu#39;s Ice Kacang Puppy Love, which opened here yesterday, and is “seriously considering” halting her music career for two to three years. She

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Bret Michaels Still In ICU, Doctors Seek ‘Source Of Bleeding’

Facebook post says doctors are hopeful singer’s ‘slurred speech, blurred vision and dizziness’ will be eliminated soon. By MTV News staff Bret Michaels Photo: Ethan Miller/ Getty Images According to an update posted on Bret Michaels’ website and Facebook page , the singer/ reality-TV star remains in intensive care after suffering a brain hemorrhage late Thursday . “Everyone at Michaels Entertainment would like to thank all fans and friends for their continued thoughts and prayers through this difficult time,” the post reads. “At this point Bret remains in ICU in critical condition. He is under 24-hour doctors’ care and supervision. We are hopeful that further tests will locate the source of the bleeding, which has still not been located. As we all know Bret is a fighter and we are hopeful that once all is complete the slurred speech, blurred vision and dizziness, etc. will be eliminated and all functions will return to normal. “More information will be posted as it becomes available,” the post concludes. Despite reports late Friday that Michaels’ condition had “stabilized,” his website was updated Saturday, noting that he remained in critical condition . “There are several incorrect reports on Bret’s condition,” the post reads. “Bret remains in critical condition at an undisclosed location. Further tests are being ran and information will be updated in the coming days.” TMZ reported late Friday that Michaels was “awake, in good spirits and talking” citing Ambre Lake, the season-two winner of Michaels’ “Rock of Love” reality show. The site reported that Lake has spoken with people close to Michaels who said he was “stabilized and conscious.” Lake’s status update on the 47-year-old singer was said to coincide with another unidentified “Rock of Love” contestant who is in touch with the other members of Poison. Michaels was rushed to the hospital late Thursday evening, where doctors discovered he had suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage, or bleeding at the base of his brain stem, a rep for the singer confirmed to MTV News. “After several CAT scans, MRIs and an angiogram, [doctors] decided to keep Michaels in the ICU and are running several tests to determine the cause [of the hemorrhage],” a source told People magazine, in a report that Michaels’ rep said was accurate. “[It] will be touch and go for the next few days while he is under intense observation.” Related Videos The Poison And Bret Michaels Video Playlist Related Photos Cribs: Ep. 1508 – Bret Michaels, DeAngelo Hall, Brian Deegan Related Artists Bret Michaels

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Bret Michaels Still in Intensive Care

Despite reports to the contrary earlier Saturday, Poison frontman Bret Michaels remains in critical condition following a brain hemorrhage on Friday. Says a post on his Facebook fan page: “We are hopeful that further tests will locate the source of the bleeding, which has still not been located. As we all know Bret is a fighter and we are hopeful that once all is complete the slurred speech, blurred vision and dizziness, etc. will be eliminated and all functions will return to normal.” [ TMZ ]

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