An Arkansas resident has died after being infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba. The Department of Health on Thursday announced the death from the Naegleria fowleri infection, a rare infection which destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and in certain cases, death.
It’s rare, but it can sometimes happen when you get water up your nose. This is one reasons why you should use boiled water or distilled water if using one of those nasal cleansers
I guess I’ll be boiling the whole lake then… Don’t wanna get amoebas up my bum.
Edit: Bit weird several people need to correct this joke when it’s explained only above how they entered the brain. My comment indicates I wouldn’t be putting my head under water because of it.
Damn.
Up your bum wouldn’t matter, it’s up your nose that does. Membrane there is thin and sometimes things can infect your brain via that route
I wasn’t being too serious :)