eli5: Why can’t our bodies defend against amoeba?

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I’ve heard of brain-eating amoeba which is some scary shit.

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I had entamoeba hystolica a few years ago and it wasn’t fun. I’m so thankful for antibiotics.
When the antibodies attach to the amoeba, the amoeba just sheds the affected area and grows a new one later. Your body tries to get rid of it but flushing everything out which causes dehydration.
I met a WW2 vet that told me he also had gotten amoebas in Italy. He woke up 4 weeks later at a hospital and the first thing he heard was the guy next to him saying “look, he is alive”.

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