While at Tinian, he contracted amoebic dysentery and was hospitalized. Liver abscesses are often acute conditions, with common causes being pyogenic and amoebic. During the Tebows' stay, Pamela contracted amoebic dysentery and fell into a coma. The latter may be mistaken for a recurrence of amoebic dysentery. Invasion of the intestinal lining causes amoebic bloody diarrhea or amoebic colitis. This happy idyll was shattered with the loss of his son Tara to amoebic dysentery. The amoeba then attack the brain and cause primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Retinopathy does not occur with the usual dosage for amoebic liver abscess. He was suffering from amoebic liver abscess, making him very weak. Therefore it may be of extra advantage, if used in amoebic liver abscess. Till today, emetine remains one of the best drugs for treating amoebic liver abscess. There is currently no drug therapy available for amoebic meningoencephalitis and keratitis. It then becomes pathogenic, causing primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM or PAME). GAE is caused by amoebic infection of the central nervous system (CNS). The hot pools contain a rare and sometimes fatal disease called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.