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Brain-Eating Amoeba: Warning Issued in Florida after Rare Infection Case

posted by martyb on Monday July 06 2020, @07:28PM   
from the Hmm,-Braaains! dept.

inertnet writes:

Brain-eating amoeba: Warning issued in Florida after rare infection case:

A case of a rare brain-eating amoeba has been confirmed in Florida, according to health officials in the US state.

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) said one person in Hillsborough County had contracted Naegleria fowleri.

The microscopic, single-celled amoeba can cause an infection of the brain, and is usually fatal.

Commonly found in warm freshwater, the amoeba enters the body through the nose.

The DOH did not outline where the infection was contracted, or the patient's condition. The amoeba cannot be passed from person to person.

Infections are typically seen in southern US states. They are rare in Florida, where only 37 cases have been reported since 1962.

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• Re:We can prevent all cases by doing less testing Re:We can prevent all cases by doing less testing (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday July 06 2020, @10:20PM (3 children)

  by The Mighty Buzzard (18) <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday July 06 2020, @10:20PM (#1017356) Homepage Journal

  Distilled water is what you're sposed to use. Unless the container it's being put in is contaminated, you're guaranteed it's sterile with about as much certainty as you can get.

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• Re:We can prevent all cases by doing less testing Re:We can prevent all cases by doing less testing (Score: 3, Informative) by istartedi on Monday July 06 2020, @11:06PM (1 child)

  by istartedi (123) on Monday July 06 2020, @11:06PM (#1017380) Journal

  Most of the sources I read said saline solution. It's probably the same stuff you use for contact lenses which is also supposed to be sterile.

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  • Re:We can prevent all cases by doing less testing (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @06:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @06:55PM (#1017821)

    Salt and warm water is what we singers use.
    And you don't see too many Rock singers with brain dam-

    Forget it.

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• Re:We can prevent all cases by doing less testing (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @06:34PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 07 2020, @06:34PM (#1017814)

  uh, i think it's spelled "spozeta"?

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