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The woman contracted a fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba and died eight days after developing symptoms.

A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after she cleaned her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report.

The woman, an otherwise healthy 71-year-old, developed "severe neurologic symptoms," including fever, headache and an altered mental status, four days after she filled a nasal irrigation device with tap water from her RV's water system at a Texas campsite, the CDC report said.

She was treated for primary amebic meningoencephalitis — a brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, often referred to as the "brain-eating amoeba." Despite treatment, the woman experienced seizures and died from the infection eight days after she developed symptoms, the agency said.

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[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (17 children)

Is it the powder that I'm dumping into the water every time? I was just doing it to follow instructions. If it's because of this, then thank goodness!

[edit]I was definitely wrong, and there are some good guides on getting distilled water on YouTube! check 'em out[/edit]

[–] Balaquina@lemmy.ca 60 points 4 days ago (16 children)

That powder is salt and will not sterilize the water. Used distilled water.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 19 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Doesn't boiled filtered water work fine too?

[–] Balaquina@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago
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