Health officials believe the boy may have been exposed to the amoeba while swimming in Lake Mead. KSNV’s Kay Dimanche reports.
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Sad
Don't swim in that nasty water
warm freshwater, what are the symptoms?
Is it possible to find this in Northern Nevada? Specifically, Lake Lahontan? I know we have an issue with excess mercury in the water water aren't necessarily supposed to eat any fish caught in the lake but now I wonder about swimming in the water here
What body of water did he contract it from? Horrible reporting!!!!!!
It was rare, likely because of climate changes this will become common.
What ate Brandon's brain
This is nothing new. I remember hearing news reports of people being affected by this same amoeba back east in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
Not so rare these days…
My cousin was one of the Falon 9. She had Leukemia from swimming in the water near the Falon Air Force base. Her Dr told us he would never go swimming in a lake.
This is going to become more common as waters around the country begin to warm due to global warming. Naegleria Fowleri is an amoeba typically found in warm freshwater such as, ponds, lakes, rivers, hot springs, warm water discharge from industrial or power plants, geothermal well water, poorly maintained or minimally chlorinated swimming pools, water heaters, soil, and pipes connected to tap water.
Infections most often occur when water containing N. fowleri is inhaled through the nose, where it then enters the nasal and olfactory nerve tissue, travelling to the brain through the cribiform plate. N. fowleri cannot cause infection by swallowing contaminated water.
Thats why i call lake mead lake meat.
So this Amoeba form gets into your body through the nose. Then you have the ocean type from Texas to Florida to North Carolina that goes into your body through an opened wound, scab or cut on your skin. Scary world we live in. Everything poisoned or polluted like our oxygen polluted by covid
was he vaccinated?
That's so scary,my condolences to the family 🛐 God bless you till your boy is back in your arms 💞🙏 endurance and strength 💯
Look at those pictures! They found water on the moon! That's exciting!!
Not that rare anymore
The States always have the rare or really stronger versions of some kind of dangerous things already.
Dumping toxic waste in water ways. Equals this.
So sad when just going swimming or using a nasal rinse w tap water kills. Went lake swimming w a large group of friends and 1 friend came down w a horrible intestinal parasitic infection that almost killed him from the lake and noone else had any issues, can be so hit and miss! Poor kiddo and his poor family! Like losing someone to a lightening strike…random act of nature.
time to clean mother earth
wear nose plugs to be sure.
another one wow
Not too rare, if three fatalities this year.
Crazy how Kurzgesagt just did a video on this insanely obscure amoeba, now it’s on the news. Nature is indifferent.
Dollars to donuts, with climate change, this too will get worse 🌎
All American media companies and news networks are already brain-eating amoebas, but this is another rant all together 🦠
So wired so terrible.