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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Beware the brain-eating amoeba
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:55:03 -0700
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On 3/15/2024 10:47 AM, moviePig wrote:
> On 3/15/2024 12:41 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> moviePig <never@nothere.com> wrote:
>>> On 3/14/2024 11:55 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:03:53 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>>>>> <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure this makes for the basis of a '50s drive-in movie. 
>>>>>> Basically,
>>>>>> all you have to do is NOT irrigate your nostrils with tap water, 
>>>>>> to keep
>>>>>> the amoeba out of your sinuses and from getting into your brain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://apnews.com/article/neti-pots-tap-water-amoeba-aed6e6f9129d85146d396d71b8778812
>>>>>
>>>>> I knew those sorts of amoebas were out there but thought the only risk
>>>>> of catching them was if you inhaled water from ponds that contained
>>>>> them. I had no idea they could also be found in treated water. Not
>>>>> that I've ever used a neti pot but I do know people that have used
>>>>> them and I assume they just used tap water to do so.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Indeed, they do.
>>>
>>> I've said this before but, it seems profoundly stupid to suppose that
>>> the complex substance Nature has evolved to most effectively coat your
>>> nasal passages can be improved upon by replacement with mere tap water.
>>>
>>
>> It’s not tapwater. The things come with little saline packets, and you 
>> make
>> your own saline solution. In fact, they generally have warnings not to 
>> use
>> just plain water.
> 
> Okay, maybe that's different.  But such warnings aren't encouraging...
> 
Such warnings are routine though usually the issue to be avoided by them 
is infection.

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