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Tommi · 08-26-2012, 05:51 PM

Two People In Louisiana Killed By Amoeba Infection Traced To Tap Water. Fox News (8/24, Crees) reports, “Following the deaths of two people from Louisiana who contracted brain-eating amoeba infections from their own home water systems the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration are warning people to follow appropriate guidelines when using” neti pots or other nasal-rinsing devices.

The victims died from “primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) — an almost universally fatal infection — after using neti pots filled with tap water to irrigate their sinuses.” The amoeba in question is Naegleria fowleri (N. Fowleri) described as “a climate-sensitive amoeba found in warm freshwater lakes and rivers” which “has over a 99 percent fatality rate.” The CDC and FDA recommend use of “boiled, distilled or filtered water when using neti pots or other nasal-rinsing devices” to avoid risk of infection. PAM infections are usually “associated with swimming in warm, untreated water.”

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Tommi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Usually "Hello" Relationship Status: Married and Bound to Tommi's kaijira (Ts_kaijira ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Suthun.... California that is. Across the ridge from Laguna Beach. Posts: 8,151 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,621 Thanked 21,336 Times in 5,969 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	Brain-eating amoeba infections from their own home water Two People In Louisiana Killed By Amoeba Infection Traced To Tap Water. Fox News (8/24, Crees) reports, “Following the deaths of two people from Louisiana who contracted brain-eating amoeba infections from their own home water systems the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration are warning people to follow appropriate guidelines when using” neti pots or other nasal-rinsing devices. The victims died from “primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) — an almost universally fatal infection — after using neti pots filled with tap water to irrigate their sinuses.” The amoeba in question is Naegleria fowleri (N. Fowleri) described as “a climate-sensitive amoeba found in warm freshwater lakes and rivers” which “has over a 99 percent fatality rate.” The CDC and FDA recommend use of “boiled, distilled or filtered water when using neti pots or other nasal-rinsing devices” to avoid risk of infection. PAM infections are usually “associated with swimming in warm, untreated water.”