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Martin68

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20. According to the Mayo clinic, the organism is fairly ubiquitous, but infection is very, very rare.

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Sun Jun 8, 2025, 05:09 PM

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Mllions of Americans swim in rivers, ponds, and lakes every year, but the United States saw only 35 cases from 2005 to 2014. All of those people, one would assume, had some water enter their nose, but only very, very rarely does someone contract the disease. Please don't go through life worrying about this disease. You're more likely to be hit by a meteorite, but I assume that won't scare anyone into never going outside without a cast iron umbrella.

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Texas Woman Dies From Horrifying Brain-Eating Amoeba [View all] riversedge Jun 8 OP

Can one become infected with this by swimming in a contaminated lake... Oopsie Daisy Jun 8 #1

You bet. In place near shore where there is not much water action and the water is warm ... marble falls Jun 8 #2

Fortunately, not very high. Otherwise, with 340 million Americans, they're would be panic. paleotn Jun 8 #3

Yes, but occurences are rare. sl8 Jun 8 #5

According to the Mayo clinic, the organism is fairly ubiquitous, but infection is very, very rare. Martin68 Jun 8 #20

Thank you. Good information. Oopsie Daisy Jun 8 #21

Undoubtedly it would be horrible to die of this disease, but hyping the possibility of anyone contracting it is Martin68 Jun 9 #22

Oh shit! liberalgunwilltravel Jun 8 #4

Do not nasal irrigate! It's dangerous. BradBo Jun 8 #6

It's perfectly safe when you follow directions and use distilled water. Talitha Jun 8 #14

Or boiled water Mysterian Jun 8 #16

Correct! forgotmylogin Jun 8 #17

This is a bit off-topic, but a specific type of brain-eating amoeba can be stopped by a medicine manufactured in China. John1956PA Jun 8 #7

Saved that little girl in Texas who was just playing outside wolfie001 Jun 8 #9

Use distilled water with a neti pot SARose Jun 8 #8

I use distilled water in the cpap machine wolfie001 Jun 8 #10

CDC article that this is based on: sl8 Jun 8 #11

..another reason whathehell Jun 8 #12

RV water is a petrie dish in itself. Historic NY Jun 8 #13

Don't be too terrified Warpy Jun 8 #15

Wasn't this already posted on Friday? FakeNoose Jun 8 #18

I survived amebosis in 99. IbogaProject Jun 8 #19