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I would recommend using nasal saline spray instead. The chance of nigleria fowleri is tiny, but definitely not worth it.
by Asooka 4y ago
I would recommend using nasal saline spray instead. The chance of nigleria fowleri is tiny, but definitely not worth it.
- inglor_cz 4y agoThe worst documented outbreak was actually in Czechoslovakia: 1056/NEJM196606302742605. PMID 5939846. - Červa, L.; Novák, K. (April 1968). "Ameobic meningoencephalitis: sixteen fatalities". Science. 160 (3823): 92. That said, I feel fairly safe, because I a) run the water through a fine filter < 1 micron first, b) boil it anyway, just to be sure, c) these amoebas don't like cold running water and tend to live in warmer, stagnant waters only, so a typical municipal water system won't be infested.