Even playing around fresh water this summer could be dangerous because it may be hiding some horrible organism underneath that could basically kill you. Don’t believe us??
Ok then, let us take the story of 18-years old Lauren Seitz into account.
Seitz went on a trip with her church group to U.S National Whitewater Center in North Carolina. Overall the trip was great but thing started to unfold a week later and Sietz died from a rare brain infection caused by the amoeba naegleria fowleri.
Brain-eating Amoeba Killed Ohio Teen: Lauren Seitz Photos & Facts – https://t.co/DUQT9Cy5E7 pic.twitter.com/8Lxok97qtF
— Morning News USA (@MorningNewsUSA) June 24, 2016
This single celled amoeba lives in warm freshwater and is usually harmless to humans. It would not affect even if we drink it but if it enter the body via nose then it may make its way up to brain and kill you.
Naegleria fowleri happy to see you and eat your brain pic.twitter.com/W3s8MHEFXo
— Klint Teston (@klint_teston) June 25, 2016
When the water at the park was tested recently the amoeba’s DNA was found and they believe Seitz may have contacted with virus when the raft flipped over one time during the trip.
18-year-old Lauren Seitz dies from rare brain-wasting amoeba,Whitewater Center Open https://t.co/5zGRm0ah0S pic.twitter.com/qm0QKJoFvE
— ICARE (@SunielPathak) June 23, 2016
FACT: Those who gets infected from these species typically show symptoms like headache, fever, vomiting, confusions, hallucination and loss of balance within nine days of infection around nine days. Within five days of infection, 97% people die.
Just awful about Lauren Seitz. A water born amoeba? The things you never think. MORE: https://t.co/9r3SanBkvb pic.twitter.com/t1Of2e1AmS
— Molly Grantham WBTV (@MollyGrantham) June 22, 2016
Although the rates of infection are really very low in the United States but still taking precaution will be worth it.