Brain-eating worms do not really eat human brains, this is just a more vivid way of saying it. 01. Brain-eating worms are migrating to the northern United States.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued an emergency reminder at the end of September. At that time, it said that brain-eating worms had been found in a water source in Texas and asked residents not to drink or go into the water. However, the relevant departments later announced that No brain-eating worms.

On October 7, "Newsweek" reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that brain-eating worms are invading the United States and are migrating to the northern United States. This news is quite scary.

The mortality rate of brain-eating worms is very high. According to surveys, once brain-eating worms enter the human body, the mortality rate is as high as 97%, which is almost equivalent to waiting to die once invaded by brain-eating worms.

People who don’t know about brain-eating worms may not know what this thing is. Many people even define it by its name, thinking that brain-eating worms are a kind of bug that mainly eats human brains. , just like those zombie movies or zombie movies, it is actually not like this. 02. Brain-eating worms do not eat human brains.

Brain-eating worms do not really eat human brains, this is just a more vivid way of saying it. First of all, brain-eating worms are not bugs in the true sense. Brain-eating worms, also called Naegleria fowleri, are single-celled protozoa.

This kind of creature is only about 10~30 mm. It is invisible to the naked eye and can only be seen under a microscope. Their food is bacteria. Generally, they live in an environment with sufficient sunlight. , found in water or soil.

The migration of brain-eating worms to the northern United States is probably related to global warming. Brain-eating worms generally enter the human nostrils, invade the human body through the nasal mucosa, and then enter the human brain.

Brain-eating worms will reproduce in the brain, then destroy the central nervous system, and eventually cause purulent meningitis and hemorrhagic necrotizing meningitis. There are currently no drugs that can treat these two types of meningitis. Generally speaking, humans He will die a week after being invaded by brain-eating worms.