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DudeLebowski
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Man in North Carolina dies of brain-eating amoebas
Jul 28 2019 01:29AM more by DudeLebowski
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After swimming in a lake at a water park in Cumberland County NC on July 12th, the man, 59-year-old Eddie Gray, became infected with an amoeba, known as Naegleria fowleri, and later died. The organism invades through the nose, up into the brain. Symptoms of the infection start with severe headache, fever, nausea and vomiting and can progress to a stiff neck, seizures and coma, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
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huuuge
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Jul 28 2019 07:05AM     link to this

Stay out of the water
Grumpy
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Jul 28 2019 07:41AM     link to this

Thats scary. Thanks for sharing.
jimmmyz
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Jul 28 2019 10:00AM     link to this

Same as the ocean. Man eating sharks rarely come on land.
Loki51
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Jul 29 2019 09:31AM     link to this

40 people have died from this "brain-eating" amoeba, Naegleria Fowleri.

You're at no risk in salt water; it's a fresh-water organism that infects people who enter warm-water rivers and lakes. It enters through the nose and bores into the brain.

If you're tempted to enjoy the local swimming spot, particularly in the U.S. South, wear nose clips.

Here's a link on the subject from the U.S. Center For Disease Control.
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yasmine_o
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Jul 29 2019 05:48PM     link to this

honestly was thinking whaat if they weren't after ur brain .... EW !
Latnmn30
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Jul 29 2019 06:01PM     link to this

It happens a lot down south mostly in fresh water.
Handsomejohn
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Jul 29 2019 08:26PM     link to this

Same symptoms as signal meningitis?
billinirvine
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Jul 29 2019 10:17PM     link to this

Naegleria Fowleri would starve in Sacramento and SF.
AFMadness
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Jul 30 2019 12:29AM     link to this

And then there is this that the media is not reporting on.

Yes you do get all the news you deserve.
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DudeLebowski
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Jul 30 2019 02:42AM     link to this

Crazy new amoebas I wonder is this an affect of global warming??????
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Jul 30 2019 08:32AM     link to this

Dude it’s obviously Trumps fault for pulling out of the Paris deal, like everything else you ramble about
theGentlman
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Jul 30 2019 09:56AM     link to this

INCURSION of the FLYING AMOEBAS!! nothing was the same after they went airborne........
AFMadness
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Jul 30 2019 10:11AM     link to this

Flew in on a meteor, that no one saw coming.
Harpooner
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Jul 30 2019 12:53PM     link to this

There are some people with zero risk of anything that eats brains.
notsofast
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Jul 30 2019 01:20PM     link to this

I had all of the symptoms that OP mentioned and it turned out that I just crossed paths with a bad burrito.
DudeLebowski
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Jul 30 2019 02:14PM     link to this

Weird new bacteria, algae and amoebas very well could be a result of the changing climate.
jazz51
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Jul 30 2019 02:20PM     link to this

If it isn't climate change, it is racist.

I am not sure I can come up with anything more 'overused', except maybe organic.
Loki51
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Jul 30 2019 09:39PM     link to this

It has nothing to do with global warming. Amoebic diseases are as old as human settlement.
AFMadness
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Jul 30 2019 11:59PM     link to this

I blame The Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse.
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