has anyone ever heard of this

Jeff B

Jeff B

Thanos was right
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well damn
color me shocked....
And yeah I googled it and it seems real...

I mean DAMN, how many times I have swam in rivers creeks etc, damn, Im not sure Ill want my son doing the same now...
 
its very real, a kid actually died after playing in the mud at Falls Lake. The local wakeboard scene up here has had a large discussion about it. It only occurs in water temps that are above 80 degrees and when the water levels are very low. The CDC has a page on it here...

http://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/dpd/parasites/naegleria/factsht_naegleria.htm

The amoeba is common but the infection is pretty rare.
 
& what was the cure the good doctor House used to save the persons life?
 
purpleTJchick said:
sarcasm??
I really never remember that, Doc techy talk gets me easy confused
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No sarcasm intended:rolleyes: sorry if it sounded that way:beer: I also watch house & I enjoy his sarcasm I like the way his character thinks
 
Jeff B said:
No sarcasm intended:rolleyes: sorry if it sounded that way:beer: I also watch house & I enjoy his sarcasm I like the way his character thinks
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Oooppps, I was not talking about you being that way.. sorry about that

But that is how he always solves cases.... with sarcasm
 
I've been watching this lately. I predict this becoming quite the biological hot button. It's actually really interesting, despite its devestations. It starts by penetrating mucous membranes, like through your nose, killing all the surrounding cells and tissues. For a few days you'll have flu-like symptoms during which time the amoeba proliferates in the warm environment of your body and makes it way up to your brain. The primary effects on your nervous system include altered senses of taste and smell. Shortly after you will go blind but you will still see things... kind of like dreaming, just random synaptic impulses that produce images. If you've gotten to this stage you're pretty much dead.

I'm willing to bet an effective antibiotic will be developed within the next 5-7 years but the real trick is diagnosis. Once infected, you have a shelf-life of about 10 days. Pretty rough.
 
Another antibiotic yay.... hell by the time my generation gets in our 80's they woln't work anymore, or they will be so strong they will eat our flesh
<------- Had a run-in with a MRSA patient
 
as a society in general we are way over medicated...

I listed to talk 101.1 radio there is a regular speaker on whos uses natural remedies to 'cure' stuff.. Not sure if it all works, but it would be interesting to see the stats..
 
Futbalfantic said:
Another antibiotic yay.... hell by the time my generation gets in our 80's they woln't work anymore, or they will be so strong they will eat our flesh
<------- Had a run-in with a MRSA patient
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I don't think so. Antiobiotics are on their way out anyway IMHO. Bacteriophage therapy is the new hotness. Society has always found a way to keep up with nature.
 
Elliott said:
I'm willing to bet an effective antibiotic will be developed within the next 5-7 years but the real trick is diagnosis.
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I really doubt it. I read somewhere that there have only been a couple dozen documented deaths due to this. Hard to justify spending the millions of dollars to develop a defense against it, when there are much more deadly bugs out there that kill more people. That's just the way the system works.
 
kaiser715 said:
I really doubt it. I read somewhere that there have only been a couple dozen documented deaths due to this. Hard to justify spending the millions of dollars to develop a defense against it, when there are much more deadly bugs out there that kill more people. That's just the way the system works.
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If they anticipate higher temps, anually speaking, there will be an increasing number of these cases, thus, more of a demand for treatment. Of course an afflictions social or political popularity is directly correlated to $ invested in its study.
 
yager said:
as a society in general we are way over medicated...

I listed to talk 101.1 radio there is a regular speaker on whos uses natural remedies to 'cure' stuff.. Not sure if it all works, but it would be interesting to see the stats..
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I believe there are 2 categories and opposing view points at work here.
#1 I dont run to the doc every time I have a snifle; as a result I am good for one nasty "cold" every 2-3 years and the rest of the time I feel rather nice.

#2 These cooks on radio and late night TV that swear by changing your body PH (or somee other ill founded scientific logic) you can eliminate everything from baldness to cancer should be shot for the betterment of society
 
Elliott said:
It starts by penetrating mucous membranes, like through your nose, killing all the surrounding cells and tissues. For a few days you'll have flu-like symptoms during which time the amoeba proliferates in the warm environment of your body and makes it way up to your brain. The primary effects on your nervous system include altered senses of taste and smell. Shortly after you will go blind but you will still see things... kind of like dreaming, just random synaptic impulses that produce images. If you've gotten to this stage you're pretty much dead.
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Mmmmm, after reading the article and giving it some thought (no research yet) that's excatly what I was thinking would probably happen.
The parts of you brain that "process" smell and taste are really close together, and right up in the lower front, not far from your nose. If you look reaaaly closely (and knew what you were looking for( you can almost see 'em in the barin pic in my avatar. Nerves in the epithelial layers of the nose actaully pass through the meningial layers to the bulbs "inside" the brain, so if it's an infection of the nerves directly, not much way to stop it. Generally other types of cells that are necrotic or infected get killed off or blocked at the menenges, but not nerves.
Oh, the visual decriment would be due to damage of the incoming optic nerve, not real visual "brain damage" per se, hence vision is complete when you get it but it'd just kind of come and go in whole chunks.
FYI there's no real immune system, response, T-cells etc INSIDE the brain, the physical layer of the menenges is pretty much it - so once something is IN, you're F-ed.
 
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