Ew Ew brain-eating parasite

em2nought · 07-29-13, 08:50 PM

Certainly makes me think about the wade into the tilapia pond to clean the filter.

Jimbuna · 07-30-13, 09:56 AM

That poor family and what they must be going through

Wolferz · 07-30-13, 10:37 AM

Nose clips and you're good.

Or get a swimming pool.

Stealhead · 07-31-13, 11:57 AM

Read the CDC page if the pool does not have proper care it could still have the little bastards in it.Make it a salt water pool they do not live in salt water.

I think you have to partly be very unlucky but also you need to very active in the water and be doing a lot of jumping and diving things that get lots of water up into your nose and nasal cavities if you're not sticking your head under water you are not at risk.These things are fairly rare and the chance that one will get into you is fairly low.

Doing some reading the kid was at a water park which means that the water was not properly chlorinated and another infection was traced to the same park in 2010.

Jimbuna · 07-31-13, 12:14 PM

Safest method of all...wear scuba gear

kranz · 07-31-13, 12:15 PM

I know quite a few people who wouldn't be affected by such a parasite.
Got it?

No?

Fubar2Niner · 07-31-13, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Safest method of all...wear scuba gear

Or deep sea diving kit

AVGWarhawk · 07-31-13, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Safest method of all...wear scuba gear

Stay out of the water.

AVGWarhawk · 07-31-13, 01:26 PM

Horrifying for the family.

07-29-13, 08:50 PM	#1
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Certainly makes me think about the wade into the tilapia pond to clean the filter. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

07-30-13, 09:56 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	That poor family and what they must be going through __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-30-13, 10:37 AM	#3
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	Nose clips and you're good. Or get a swimming pool. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

07-31-13, 11:57 AM	#4
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Read the CDC page if the pool does not have proper care it could still have the little bastards in it.Make it a salt water pool they do not live in salt water. I think you have to partly be very unlucky but also you need to very active in the water and be doing a lot of jumping and diving things that get lots of water up into your nose and nasal cavities if you're not sticking your head under water you are not at risk.These things are fairly rare and the chance that one will get into you is fairly low. Doing some reading the kid was at a water park which means that the water was not properly chlorinated and another infection was traced to the same park in 2010. Last edited by Stealhead; 07-31-13 at 12:17 PM.

07-31-13, 12:14 PM	#5
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Safest method of all...wear scuba gear __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-31-13, 12:15 PM	#6
kranz The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Poland Posts: 1,430 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I know quite a few people who wouldn't be affected by such a parasite. Got it? No?

07-31-13, 01:26 PM	#9
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Horrifying for the family. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road