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One More Thing To Worry About of the Day: Two men in Louisiana are believed to have died as a result of a brain-eating parasite they contracted after using a neti pot full of warm water to cleanse their sinuses.
While the cause of death is still under investigation, officials in the state have issued a warning to residents who use neti pots to boil their water in order to kill the parasite, Naegleria fowleri.
“If you are irrigating, flushing or rinsing your sinuses, for example, by using a Neti pot, use distilled, sterile or previously boiled water to make up the irrigation solution,” said Dr. Raoult Ratard, a Louisiana-based epidemiologist, who added that drinking tap water is perfectly safe as the amoeba does no harm when consumed orally.
“Naegleria fowleri infects people by entering the body through the nose,” says the Centers for Disease Control.
This typically occurs when people go swimming or diving in warm freshwater places, like lakes and rivers. In very rare instances, Naegleria infections may also occur when contaminated water from other sources (such as inadequately chlorinated swimming pool water or heated tap water <47°C) enters the nose. Once the ameba enters the brain, it causes a usually fatal infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
[livescience / rawstory.]
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One More Thing To Worry About of the Day: Two men in Louisiana are believed to have died as a result of a brain-eating parasite they contracted after using a neti pot full of warm water to cleanse their sinuses.
While the cause of death is still under investigation, officials in the state have issued a warning to residents who use neti pots to boil their water in order to kill the parasite, Naegleria fowleri.
“If you are irrigating, flushing or rinsing your sinuses, for example, by using a Neti pot, use distilled, sterile or previously boiled water to make up the irrigation solution,” said Dr. Raoult Ratard, a Louisiana-based epidemiologist, who added that drinking tap water is perfectly safe as the amoeba does no harm when consumed orally.
“Naegleria fowleri infects people by entering the body through the nose,” says the Centers for Disease Control.
This typically occurs when people go swimming or diving in warm freshwater places, like lakes and rivers. In very rare instances, Naegleria infections may also occur when contaminated water from other sources (such as inadequately chlorinated swimming pool water or heated tap water <47°C) enters the nose. Once the ameba enters the brain, it causes a usually fatal infection called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
[livescience / rawstory.]
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Posted on December 18, 2011 via The Daily What with 1,454 notes
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OH. GOD. I HAVE A NETI POT.
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nora didnt inform me of this until after i had cleansed my sinuses this sucks htis is my FAVORITE DEVICE
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This happens in the lakes in Florida during hurricane season and that is why I haven’t been in a lake in 10 years and...
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Are they protists?
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i just freaked the fuck out!!!!!!!!!
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OMG DIANA NEVER LET ME DO THIS AGAIN AHHHHHH
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Another two men? Reports had earlier recalled the case of a man who died earlier this year and a woman who passed away...
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Naegleria fowleri isn’t a fucking amoeba holy shit Daily What needs to read up on things before they make dumb...
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NETI POTS ARE THE DEVIL’S INSTRUMENT!
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KDFJls;djf my sister has one of these at home, that really freaks me out. D: It’s just sitting in the box, so I don’t...
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chokladkakan said:
Everyone is going to die.
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…the instructions on the pot say to boil the water?!
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you’re gonna die zach
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There’s no need to get an attitude over something that wasn’t directed at you. I was simply showing concern for my...
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Neti Pots are fine, they are amazing and do the job they are meant to- you just have to Follow Directions. (didn’t we...
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