3 die of rare brain infection from amoeba
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3 die of rare brain infection from amoeba in water
ATLANTA (AP) — Two children and a young man have died this summer from a brain-eating amoeba that lives in water, health officials say.
This month, the rare infection killed a 16-year-old Florida girl, who fell ill after swimming, and a 9-year-old Virginia boy, who died a week after he went to a fishing day camp. The boy had been dunked the first day of camp, his mother told the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Those cases are consistent with past cases, which are usually kids — often boys — who get exposed to the bug while swimming or doing water sports in warm ponds or lakes.
The third case, in Louisiana, was more unusual. It was a young man whose death in June was traced to the tap water he used in a device called a neti pot. It's a small teapot-shaped container used to rinse out the nose and sinuses with salt water to relieve allergies, colds and sinus trouble.
Health officials later found the amoeba in the home's water system. The problem was confined to the house; it wasn't found in city water samples, said Dr. Raoult Ratard, Louisiana's state epidemiologist.
The young man, who was only identified as in his 20s and from southeast Louisiana, had not been swimming nor been in contact with surface water, Ratard added.
He said only sterile, distilled, or boiled water should be used in neti pots.
3 die of rare brain infection from amoeba in water
ATLANTA (AP) — Two children and a young man have died this summer from a brain-eating amoeba that lives in water, health officials say.
This month, the rare infection killed a 16-year-old Florida girl, who fell ill after swimming, and a 9-year-old Virginia boy, who died a week after he went to a fishing day camp. The boy had been dunked the first day of camp, his mother told the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Those cases are consistent with past cases, which are usually kids — often boys — who get exposed to the bug while swimming or doing water sports in warm ponds or lakes.
The third case, in Louisiana, was more unusual. It was a young man whose death in June was traced to the tap water he used in a device called a neti pot. It's a small teapot-shaped container used to rinse out the nose and sinuses with salt water to relieve allergies, colds and sinus trouble.
Health officials later found the amoeba in the home's water system. The problem was confined to the house; it wasn't found in city water samples, said Dr. Raoult Ratard, Louisiana's state epidemiologist.
The young man, who was only identified as in his 20s and from southeast Louisiana, had not been swimming nor been in contact with surface water, Ratard added.
He said only sterile, distilled, or boiled water should be used in neti pots.
My drinking team has a hockey problem
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
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Freaks ya out !
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
From a neti pot? :wtf:
I know a few people who use those. They are going to think I'm crazy when I try to tell them about this.
Hopefully they use distilled water and not tap
:shock:
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
I dont even like pools the older I get
Kind of nasty
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
I dont live in paranoia I just dont swim in lakes
The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill
A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
not even the sea or an ocean???
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
That's kind of odd. You are missing out on some awesome swimming holes....
yuk brain worms.... :shock:
Agree.
it's been a pleasure bs'ing with you on the boards. i for one will be missing you
If I start feeling a lil funny I'll be sure to post my farewells
thats disgusting...and a zombie delicacy i hear.. plus yet another reason to validate my not eating pork.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
or chicken, or spinach, or beer, or lettuce
is that all of this years recalled items?
oh wait...
cat food and dog treats
mights as well not eat anything....
except yogurt samples at sunflower markets....
oh wait, i'd avoid those too.
i stopped eating cat food years ago.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
the division was quarantined thinking an epidemic
it turned out to be this exact amoema :?
mmmmm....