{"id":2762,"date":"2023-03-10T17:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deathanddisease.com\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2023-03-10T17:46:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:46:55","slug":"%f0%9d%90%83%f0%9d%90%a2%f0%9d%90%ac%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%9a%f0%9d%90%ac%f0%9d%90%9e-%f0%9d%90%a8%f0%9d%90%9f-%f0%9d%90%ad%f0%9d%90%a1%f0%9d%90%9e-%f0%9d%90%96%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%a4-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deathanddisease.com\/%f0%9d%90%83%f0%9d%90%a2%f0%9d%90%ac%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%9a%f0%9d%90%ac%f0%9d%90%9e-%f0%9d%90%a8%f0%9d%90%9f-%f0%9d%90%ad%f0%9d%90%a1%f0%9d%90%9e-%f0%9d%90%96%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%9e%f0%9d%90%a4-6\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud835\udc03\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1f \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc24 \u2013 \ud835\udc01\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27-\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc20 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc1a"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
We were saddened this week to read of the death of a man in Florida from the brain-eating amoeba shown in the picture \ud83e\udde0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naegleria fowleri (Naf to its friends) lives in freshwater. It is perfectly harmless if swallowed, but deadly in 98.5% of cases when it travels to the brain after being inhaled up the nose \ud83d\udc43\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The famous Roman Baths (see pic) in Bath were closed after Naf was discovered in 1978. One wonders if it was ever a problem for the builders \u2013 given their famously impressive proboscides \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first symptoms are a stiff neck and lack of concentration (though don\u2019t panic \u2013 scrolling on LinkedIn could also be a cause\u2026). Vomiting, headaches and seizures are followed by death 7-10 days later \u26b0\ufe0f <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We were saddened this week to read of the death of a man in Florida from the brain-eating amoeba shown in the picture \ud83e\udde0 Naegleria fowleri (Naf to its friends) lives in freshwater. It is perfectly harmless if swallowed, but deadly in 98.5% of cases when it travels to the brain after being inhaled up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n