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13 mar 2024 · But, when they do occur, they're fatal about 82 percent of the time. Of the 10 cases, nine occurred between 2015 and 2022, with one case included from 1994. In all of the cases, the people...
3 mar 2023 · A man in southwest Florida died after becoming infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba, which state health officials say was "possibly as a result of sinus rinse practices utilizing tap water ...
13 mar 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong kind of water. On Wednesday, researchers linked a second kind of deadly amoeba to nasal rinsing.
Two people died in Louisiana after using neti pots to rinse their sinuses. State health officials warn that tap water, implicated in both fatalities isn't safe for noses.
13 mar 2024 · Rare illnesses and nasal rinsing. More than a decade ago, health officials linked U.S. deaths from a brain-eating amoeba —named Naegleria fowleri — to nasal rinsing. More recently, they...
7 gru 2018 · A Seattle woman died after becoming infected with a brain-eating amoeba. The woman told her doctor she had used tap water in a Neti pot, instead of saline or sterile water, CBS affiliate KIRO...
6 gru 2018 · The 69-year-old’s brain became infected with amoebas after she filled her neti pot with filtered tap water, ultimately killing her earlier this year, reports the Seattle Times.
