Health authorities warn people with head injuries to avoid public waterbodies

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Health authorities have warned people with head injuries, facial wounds, or recent head and nose surgeries to stay away from public waterbodies due to the risk of amoebic encephalitis.
A joint study by the Health department and ICMR found that swimming or diving in ponds and canals raises the infection risk multiple times for people with maxillofacial injury or nasal surgery.
The amoeba Acanthamoeba, found in soil and water, can enter the body through broken skin and reach the brain, causing a slow infection.
The State currently has a 25.8 per cent mortality rate for amoebic encephalitis, and a youth died of Acanthamoeba infection at Kadampuzha near Kottakkal in Malappuram last month.
The warning matters because the risk is higher now with less rain and rising heat, prompting the Health department to ask local bodies to clean public ponds and chlorinate wells.

Local bodies cleaning public ponds and chlorinating wells as directed by the Health department
Recovery of the child in Malappuram currently under treatment for amoebic infection
Further advisory updates as heat rises and water levels fall

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