Woman's nasal irrigation kills amoeba
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A 71-year-old Texas woman died after contracting amoeba through contaminated tap water from an RV

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A 71-year-old Texas woman contracted a fatal infection of Naegleria fowleri through tainted tap water from a recreational vehicle.
The amoeba feeds on bacteria and isn’t dangerous to humans when it’s ingested, but when it enters our body through the nose, it can end up in the brain.
PAM is very rare, with only around 150 cases reported since the ameeba was discovered in the 1960s .
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