'Brain eating amoeba' kills 2 people

[Karma]

‘Brain-eating amoeba’ claims second victim this month

A parasite known as the "brain-eating amoeba" has claimed its second young American victim this month.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/26314607

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Usually found in warm, stagnant water in freshwater lakes, ponds, and rivers, the parasite "enters the nasal passages ... and migrates to the olfactory nerves, eventually invading the brain," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It almost always causes meningitis. Symptoms include fever, nausea, stiff neck and a frontal headache.

:sure: be carefull where you swim! :faintthud:

 

[Black King]

I heard of this and my reach was damn. It just so rare and the symptoms are so general that you would never realize what you have until or if you make it to a hospital

 

[Persephone]

That's why i'm very careful about swimming in Florida. I never swim in rivers/lakes [mainly because of gators lol] and stick with the ocean and springs. Springs always stay at a constant temperature of around 72 degrees, so there's no danger there.