2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
A Seattle woman battling sinus died after contracting the deadly brain-eating amoeba. The 69-year-old woman had a sinus infection that would not go away so she used a common nasal rinse, known as a neti pot. However, instead of using sterile water or saline, she used tap water filtered with the Brita purification system, according to reports.
After using the rinse several times over a month, the woman developed a skin rash around her nose. At first her doctors believed that it was rosacea, a condition that makes the skin red. After biopsies and visits to the dermatologist, her doctors did not know how to explain her condition.
A year after developing the skin rash, the woman had an epileptic fit. She then had a CT scan or CT scan, which revealed that she had a 1.5-centimeter lesion to the brain. The doctors thought it was a tumor.
Upon biopsy, they sent a sample to John Hopkins University. The woman's health deteriorated dramatically and she underwent surgery to remove the mass from her brain. Despite taking medication against amoeba infection, the woman went into a coma and died.
After his death, the results of his laboratories revealed that he had contracted the deadly brain-eating amoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris. Despite being rare, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported about 70 cases in the United States since the bacteria was discovered in 1986.
Dr. Charles Cobbs, a neurosurgeon at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, told Live Science that he suspects the woman contracted the infection after using unsterilized water in the neti pot, or nasal rinse. The tragic case has alarmed many.
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