A man in Florida has died after being infected with the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri, which he may have picked up by flushing his sinuses with tap water
“It gets into the nostrils while we’re swimming and then the amoeba penetrates the cribriform plate into the brain,” says Maciver. “It’s called the brain-eating amoeba, which is a lurid, but fairly defendable, nickname.”is a “devastating infection for those who get it”, with a 96 per cent fatality rate.
“The other hotspot is Karachi, Pakistan,” says Maciver, “because Karachi has a very poor water-supply system. If you chlorinate adequately, you don’t have a problem – and also, importantly, that kills the bacteria on which the amoeba feeds.” While infections are rare, Maciver suggests not swimming in warm, open water – and particularly recommends against flushing out your sinuses with water. “That’s a problem because the physical violence in the action can compromise the mucus membrane of the nose,” he says.
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