A nasal lavage the mucous membranes – a boon when cold moistened. However, a case from the United States shows that, Incorrectly applied, are threatening life-threatening consequences.
anyone Who suffers from sinusitis, the Doctors recommend regular Nasal irrigations. To handle this house, a 69-year-old American, was, however, one crucial thing wrong.
amoeba found in through the nose, a shower, a way to the brain
Instead of using distilled or boiled water, had washed the woman for a month with normal tap water up your nose , such as the news portal Focus reported. This, however, is burdened in many countries, with germs, bacteria and even amoebic.
Before the rinses, the American used a water filter that kills but dangerous parasites. the single-celled amoeba found in through the nose shower is a way in the nose of the woman and therefore in your brain .
woman survived infection with the amoeba
Initially, the Elderly woman felt no symptoms, just a rash on the nose – not disappeared in spite of treatment – was annoying. However, as the American was due to one-sided Numbness and Trembling to the doctor, made a bad discovery: A Computer tomography of her head showed in the right half of the brain is a approximately 1.5 centimeters in breach Lunabit .
The doctors took a tissue sample of the strange change and let them investigate. As it turned out, that amoebae in the brain of the woman , had ensconced the infection was already far advanced – the Elderly woman had mentally degraded. An aggressive therapy is no longer suggested as the woman fell into a coma. In the meantime, the life-support turned off measures, in consultation with the family.
man for four years runny nose , until the Doctors found the shocking cause.
Nonspecific symptoms complicate diagnosis of amebic infestation
After an autopsy, it turned out that the woman did not survive an infection with the amoeba-kind of Balamuthia mandrillaris. the scientists published their findings about the case in the journal “International Journal of Infectious Diseases”:
The study
the World it should have, since 1993, about 200 infections of this type. the non-specific symptoms would make the early diagnosis of the disease, according to the report, very difficult to , which is why almost 100 percent of the cases ended in death.
Especially important in the context: In case of uncertain quality of drinking water should be used for nose, no tap water, showers use . In Germany, the environmental Federal office speaks of “the generally very good drinking water quality in the reported samples”.
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What is amoeba?
amoebae are single-celled parasites that feed on the learning of bacteria and other single. They live in waters, but can also infect humans. the There you have to solve, among other things, severe gastro-intestinal disorders or infect, as in the case of the American on the nose to the brain resulting in death.
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