An Arkansas resident has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba. The Department of Health on Thursday announced the death from the Naegleria fowleri infection, a rare infection which destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and in certain cases, death.
weird. I grew up swimming in ponds/lakes/streams, regularly diving into them for years - everyone I grew up with did. never heard of anyone getting a brain-eating infection.
It’s rare, but it can sometimes happen when you get water up your nose. This is one reasons why you should use boiled water or distilled water if using one of those nasal cleansers
I guess I’ll be boiling the whole lake then… Don’t wanna get amoebas up my bum.
Up your bum wouldn’t matter, it’s up your nose that does. Membrane there is thin and sometimes things can infect your brain via that route
I wasn’t being too serious :)
Excuse my ignorance, but I thought that was the whole idea behind boofing and suppositories?
As far as I know, there is no brain in your butt.
That’s for quickly entering the bloodstream
I don’t know what that has to do with brain amoebas
As mentioned, it’s rare. You played the odds every time you jumped in, and didn’t win the amoeba lottery. It’s a lousy lottery to win. I swam in my share of lakes and rivers and survived, too.