AMOEBA AWARENESS
Naegleria Fowleri is an amoeba that lives naturally in freshwater including lakes, rivers, ponds, and hot springs and recently found in neti-pots without distilled or previously boiled water. It thrives, multiplies and feeds on bacteria and is a life-threatening risk when the water temperature is warm, near 80 degrees and warmer. When water temps drop below 80, this amoeba could still be active and still pose as a risk. This amoeba is dangerous if it enters the body through the nose which can occur during water activities such as swimming, diving, jumping, skiing, wakeboarding, being submerged, splashing around, and nasal rinsing.
The amoeba Naegleria Fowleri travels to the brain and causes the fatal brain infection Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis. Initial symptoms resemble the flu or meningitis and show 1-14 days after contact, but then life is lost just 3-5 days after initial symptoms.
AN UNSEEN DEADLY DANGER THAT CAN
BE AVOIDED
FOR 100% PREVENTION
Avoid water activities
in freshwater when the water is warm
TO HELP REDUCE THE RISK
Keep your head above ANY warm
water or use a NOSE PLUG or SWIM MASK
In Nasal Rinses / Neti-Pots
use distilled, sterile, or previously boiled water.
Do not rely on the salt solution
as it does not kill the amoeba quick enough to be
efficient.
THERE CURRENTLY A MEDICINE, IF ADMINISTERED QUICK ENOUGH, THAT CAN KILL THE AMOEBA
95% FATAL 100% PREVENTABLE
**naegleria fowleri does not survive in properly chlorinated pools or salt water
**naegleria fowleri is not harmful if swallowed
**infections typically occur between June and September
**initial symptoms include headache, fever, vomiting and progress to confusion, loss of balance, seizures, sight sensitivity and hallucinations
**there currently is not a rapid detection test
**naegleria fowleri has been found in shallow and deep waters as well as sediment
*fatality rate is over 95% with very few documented survivors in the US
The amoeba Naegleria Fowleri travels to the brain and causes the fatal brain infection Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis. Initial symptoms resemble the flu or meningitis and show 1-14 days after contact, but then life is lost just 3-5 days after initial symptoms.
AN UNSEEN DEADLY DANGER THAT CAN
BE AVOIDED
FOR 100% PREVENTION
Avoid water activities
in freshwater when the water is warm
TO HELP REDUCE THE RISK
Keep your head above ANY warm
water or use a NOSE PLUG or SWIM MASK
In Nasal Rinses / Neti-Pots
use distilled, sterile, or previously boiled water.
Do not rely on the salt solution
as it does not kill the amoeba quick enough to be
efficient.
THERE CURRENTLY A MEDICINE, IF ADMINISTERED QUICK ENOUGH, THAT CAN KILL THE AMOEBA
95% FATAL 100% PREVENTABLE
**naegleria fowleri does not survive in properly chlorinated pools or salt water
**naegleria fowleri is not harmful if swallowed
**infections typically occur between June and September
**initial symptoms include headache, fever, vomiting and progress to confusion, loss of balance, seizures, sight sensitivity and hallucinations
**there currently is not a rapid detection test
**naegleria fowleri has been found in shallow and deep waters as well as sediment
*fatality rate is over 95% with very few documented survivors in the US
