The woman contracted a fatal infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba and died eight days after developing symptoms.
A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after she cleaned her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report.
The woman, an otherwise healthy 71-year-old, developed “severe neurologic symptoms,” including fever, headache and an altered mental status, four days after she filled a nasal irrigation device with tap water from her RV’s water system at a Texas campsite, the CDC report said.
She was treated for primary amebic meningoencephalitis — a brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, often referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba.” Despite treatment, the woman experienced seizures and died from the infection eight days after she developed symptoms, the agency said.
What is the optometrist meme?
Optometrist - “So these are your new contacts. If they irritate your eyes, you can clean your eyes with boiled water”
He grabs me and makes me look him directly in the eyes.
Optometrist - “Look at me. Look at me! Boiled water. Not boiling water. Water that has been booked than cooked. Understand?”
*boiled then cooled. This phone is a nightmare for typing.
Booked then cooked sounds like a good album title ngl.
… booked than cooked?
Boiled than cooled. My phones autocorrect is a nightmare where I had to type most of this a single letter at a time
I updated my comment to have the meme