I’ve been to most states, many large cities and travelled internationally. I only moved here a few years ago.
Not everywhere in the state is a backwater hellhole. I’m not happy with the politics here either, but I also dont interact with those people if I can avoid it.
weird. I grew up swimming in ponds/lakes/streams, regularly diving into them for years - everyone I grew up with did. never heard of anyone getting a brain-eating infection.
It’s rare, but it can sometimes happen when you get water up your nose. This is one reasons why you should use boiled water or distilled water if using one of those nasal cleansers
I guess I’ll be boiling the whole lake then… Don’t wanna get amoebas up my bum.
Edit: Bit weird several people need to correct this joke when it’s explained only above how they entered the brain. My comment indicates I wouldn’t be putting my head under water because of it.
As mentioned, it’s rare. You played the odds every time you jumped in, and didn’t win the amoeba lottery. It’s a lousy lottery to win. I swam in my share of lakes and rivers and survived, too.
It can also survive in hot water heaters, it’s why you should always use distilled water (or boiled water) for shit like neti pots, since the only attack surfaces that N.fowlri has is in the upper sinuses.
In reality, though, this shit is exceedlying rare, particularly in cold climates. Even in the south, it is extremely rare.
Here’s a good video on it if you are interested. Once again, it is very rare, like, less than 100 people get it in a year in the US.
Doesn’t it have to go up your nose or something? Direct contact with an eyeball?
They are pretty small so unless there’s billions of them in the water body it’s probably pretty unlikely that it actually gets to where it needs to be to infect someone.
This is why I pretty much never jump into water - the force of it shoots the amoebas up your nose. Definitely avoid (forcefully) dunking your head in warm water.😬
It is exceedlying rare. You are more likely to die in a car accident or even a train accident, lol. If you are worried, just get a nose clip. The only attack surface they have is in the upper nose. You can (and probably have) been drinking water with N. Fowlri in it with no problem since you were little.