Family shattered after 29-year-old surfer dies after contracting deadly brain-eating parasite in wave pool

Fabrizio Stabile was taken to a hospital in Pleasantville where medical staff initially thought the brain swelling and fever symptoms were caused by bacterial meningitis
UPDATED OCT 1, 2018

A man in New Jersey has been killed by a brain-eating parasite that he may have contracted in a Texas wave pool, according to reports. Family members of 29-year-old Fabrizio Stabile have said that he complained of a violent headache on September 16 and became incoherent the next day.

He was also not able to get out of his own bed. The man was immediately taken to a hospital in Pleasantville, New Jersey, where medical staff initially thought the brain swelling and fever symptoms were caused by bacterial meningitis. After his condition started to deteriorate at an alarming pace even with meningitis treatments, the doctors decided to start running tests to find out what the actual cause of his condition was and the answer was not pretty.

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