MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago2-year-old Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba after visit to hot springwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1189arrow-down1external-link2-year-old Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba after visit to hot springwww.nbcnews.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
The infection, caused by the ameba Naegleria fowleri, is rare and almost always fatal, according to health officials.
minus-squarelabgoblinlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 years agoThis is why you shouldn’t submerge your head in hot springs. Naegleria fowleri needs to go into your nose to infect you.
This is why you shouldn’t submerge your head in hot springs. Naegleria fowleri needs to go into your nose to infect you.