This is something we need to pay close attention to over many days and weeks to come. It is being reported that Neti pots are linked to brain-eating amoeba deaths. In a recent report by Louisiana's state health department, they issued a warning about the dangers of improperly using nasal-irrigation devices called neti pots. This warning comes in response to two recent deaths in the state that are thought (allegedly) to have resulted from "brain-eating amoebas" entering people's brains through their sinuses while they were using the devices.It is said that, "Both victims are believed to have filled their neti pots with tap water instead of manufacturer-recommended distilled or sterilized water. When they used these pots to force the water up their noses and flush out their sinus cavities — a treatment for colds and hay fever — a deadly amoeba living in the tap water, called Naegleria fowleri, worked its way from their sinuses into their brains.
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