Posted on 12/16/2011 11:57:16 AM PST by decimon
It also explains why the amoebas in Blue states are starving to death ...
I think brain-eating amoeba are the worst kind, all things considered.
I don't think this is a 5-alarm story for Neti users.
Thirty years says your FOS.
You can buy the rinse bottle with packets of the saline powder, which you mix prior to rinsing.
I have used mine with tap water that I have boiled. But now I am wondering if I boiled long enough to kill this amoeba, and I have well water. Yikes!
Distilled water is going onto my shopping list stat!
In the article it talks about the fact that the amoeba could be in drinking water and not harm you when you drink the water. Blasting the water into your sinus passage however can give the critter a quick ride to your brain. I suggest you not do that.
Boiling water would kill the amoeba, and I doubt it can be carried in the steam.
Please. This is typical media panic reporting.
Millions of people use these things with tap water every year and here is *one* example of someone using dirty drinking water from Louisiana.
There have been 32 cases in the US in 10 years. 30 are from kids swimming in lakes.
Before you say, “Why take the risk,” note that you are vastly more likely to be killed by food poisoning after eating out or by lightning.
You are possessed of acute perspicacity. We in Outer Neeorkistan are constantly shoveling sand against the tide when it comes to representation both on the state level and the federal. We are saddled with the feral Upchuck Schumer and the perpetually dimwitted Gilibrand. They are the answer to, “What’s the use?” sd
Here, for your edification...
Naegleria fowleri is commonly referred to as an amoeba but is actually a unicellular parasite that is ubiquitous in soils and warm waters. Infection typically occurs during the summer months and patients typically have a history of exposure to a natural body of water. The organism specifically prefers temperatures above 32 °C, as might be found in a tropical climate[citation needed] or in water heated by geothermal activity.[8] The organism is extremely sensitive to chlorine (<0.5 ppm). Exposure to the organism is extremely common due to its wide distribution in nature, but thus far lacks the ability to infect the body through any method other than direct contact with the olfactory nerve, which is only exposed at the extreme vertical terminus of the paranasal sinuses; the contaminated water must actually be deeply insufflated into the sinus cavities for transmission to occur.
I don’t think the saline solution kills the bacteria and — yikes! now amoebae — outright. It is my understanding that the saline creates an unwelcoming environment for them to reproduce.
Because the acid in your stomach would destroy the amoeba. If you put it in your sinuses there's no such protection.
LOL! Now that you mention it...... Get a pot pour in beer put in your bratwurst...boil....breath the steam drink remaining bears while you wait. Brown brats on grill afterwords and enjoy! (Come to think of it alot of my cures involve booze...Grandpa’s old cough medicine!)
30 people died *this year* from eating cantaloupes.
Be safe. Don’t eat anything unless it’s been sterilized first.
Everything loses nutritional value when cooked or sterilized. Don’t eat cooked or sterilized food.
Liquor is bad for you, so don’t drink it.
Water can carry pathogens, so don’t drink it.
Air carries disease that kills tens of thousands every year. Don’t breathe it.
Before you suffocate, you can leave all you possessions to me and I promise I will run out and eat “undercooked” steak, raw fruits and drink liquor to ensure I don’t live long after you pass.
I thought this was dumb at first, but now y’all have got me thinking. Do you think microwaving tap water will kill the bad stuff?
I think this malady must be named for former New Orleans Mayor Ray Naegleria who obviously had most of his brain eaten out by something.
However if there are some simple things I can do to put that death thing off, reduce the risk, that's not a bad thing.
The Neti pots clearly say use distilled water, not only because of this rare occurrence but because chlorine and such are real harsh in the sinuses.
Prolly good advice in this instance...
Evidently you hillbillies are still drinking straight from the cistern.
Saying “oh look, I was wrong, I learned something on FreeRepublic today, thank you for posting information on this rare occurring infection.” would be more fitting and accurate...
Assuming you actually are reasonable and capable of learning.
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