MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year ago2-year-old Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba after visit to hot springwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1190arrow-down1external-link2-year-old Nevada boy dies from brain-eating amoeba after visit to hot springwww.nbcnews.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
The infection, caused by the ameba Naegleria fowleri, is rare and almost always fatal, according to health officials.
minus-squarelabgoblin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year 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.