LAD is a "primary immunodeficiency" that causes patients to be "abnormally susceptible to developing frequent soft-tissue infections, gum inflammation, and tooth loss". The rare genetic disease basically prevents the body's immune system from functioning normally. TheHealthSite.com
The ultra-rare infection has become more common in different parts of the US as a result of warming temperatures but is most commonly found in the South.
A Georgia resident has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after they were likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond, officials said.