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Texas woman dies from brain-eating amoeba after nasal rinse
short by / on Friday, 6 June, 2025
A 71-year-old woman in Texas died from a rare brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, a 'brain-eating amoeba', after using tap water from her RV tank in a nasal rinse. Symptoms began within days, leading to her death eight days later. The CDC urges using only distilled, sterile, or boiled water for sinus irrigation to prevent such fatal infections.
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