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05-24-2011, 01:02 AM
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Brain Eating Amoebas
Naegleria fowleri or the brain eating amoeba is found in most lakes, hot springs, and even dirty swimming pools. The amoeba enters best when swimmers wade in shallow waters and kick up the bottom. That waters gets up thier nose and eats through till in the brain. This amoeba loves the heat which makes the human brain a perfect home, the warmer the environment the better it does. When in the waters it feeds on bacteria and algae in the sediment. Environments its a free-living excavate form of protist typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs. It is also found in soil, near warm water discharges of industrial plants, and minimally chlorinated swimming pools (there is no evidence of this organism living in ocean water) in an amoeboid or temporary flagellate stage. Infection Infection with Naegleria occurs when the ameba enters the body through the nose. Generally this occurs when people are participating in water-related activities such as swimming underwater, diving, or other water sports that result in water going up the nose. The ameba then travels to the brain and spinal cord where it destroys the brain tissue. Infection with Naegleria is called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis or PAM. Symptoms Onset symptoms of infection start 1 to 14 days after exposure. The initial symptoms include, but are not limited to changes in taste and smell, also headache, fever, nausea, vomiting, and stiff neck. Secondary symptoms include confusion, hallucinations, lack of attention, ataxia, and seizures. After the start of symptoms, the disease progresses rapidly 3 to 7 days, with death occurring from 7 to 14 days. Fatality Once the ameobas get into the brain the fatality rate is near 100% with no effective treatments. luckily for you guys cases are very rare and can be prevented easily with nose clamps. This is how Im planning on committing suicide with out anyone knowing. I deserve the pain of the infection as a way of death over any other method. Perhaps im the first in history to suicide with amoebas  If my cultures held out, im already infected pics: A warning sign for infected waters how it gets into ones system Ameoba in Trophozoite stage Ameoba in Trophozoite stage Amoebas growing on Bioluminescent E.Coli in my lab infected brain  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · |
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05-24-2011, 04:17 AM
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Re: Brain Eating Amoebas
Why would anyone even go IN the water if there was a warning like that!? I would run as fast as I could in the opposite direction.  |
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05-24-2011, 05:27 PM
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Re: Brain Eating Amoebas
dude, woah, keep us posted so we can observe the insanity, where by chance do you live? i remember once going and finding swamp water and looking at it with a microscope as a child, i found the nastiest water i could find, some creatures you could see with your eyes there were so many, some like jet engine intake blades eating whatever passed by, you have got some balls boy, or no sense at all, depending on your circumstances, see you on the dark side  |
