Alicia64 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/aug/16/tdmain01-amoeba-caused-boys-fatal-infection-ar-1240873/ Read to the bottom. A dad is trying to get the word out. I hope you'll share this with everyone you know. Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 The ride in a car to the lake is far more dangerous than the possibility of an infection like this. It is very rare - whereas car accidents happen all the time - but we still get in the car every day..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 The ride in a car to the lake is far more dangerous than the possibility of an infection like this. It is very rare - whereas car accidents happen all the time - but we still get in the car every day..... Exactly. And I'd rather have kids exhausted from a day of swimming than obese kids plugged into a video game system everyday. Yes, the amoeba is sad. But sometimes, people die. There's stuff on the planet that kills us. Surprise for some, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangerine Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Knowledge is power, I suppose. But if one avoided everything that was potentially fatal, you couldn't have much of a life. Bodies of water can be fatal in several ways, amoebic meningoencephalitis being one of the rarer ways, I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Knowledge is power, I suppose. But if one avoided everything that was potentially fatal, you couldn't have much of a life. Bodies of water can be fatal in several ways, amoebic meningoencephalitis being one of the rarer ways, I'm sure. In ten years: 32 deaths by amoeba vs 36,000 deaths by drowning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 That's very sad. I'd read about this before, but thank you for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Though this is the first case of an amoeba death in Virginia since 1969, more than 100 people have died from amoebas in the U.S. since 1962. So, 100 ppl out of 300 million in 49 years? I can't do the math :D but I'm safely guessing that's like .0000000000000000001 % of the population, right? If we didn't swim in warm, inland lakes, there wouldn't be nearly as much swimming in MI in the summer! You have a higher chance of dying of anything else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6packofun Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Rereading this, I'm kind of surprised that the part about someone using their own TAP water in a neti pot (which seem to be very popular lately) and contracting this doesn't cause a tiny bit more of a reaction, at the very least wanting to know how to test one's own water for this if one is into cleansing their nostrils that way. *shudder* It's always someone else, though, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I think it is much more likely to be an issue with ponds, which they were swimming in, than lakes. I don't find ponds to be particularly clean for swimming. I admit I tend towards paranoia but I wouldn't stop swimming lakes for this reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kiddies Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) I have been swimming in a local lake for all 35 years of my life, my children have all been in this lake every summer, we are actually heading out to go swimming in it right now. There is no way I would allow myself to become afraid to swim in a lake on account of an amoeba that kills on average 3 people a year. You are more likely to choke to death at the dinner table! ETA: I will continue to chose to swim in a lake over a pool any day! Now that is gross imo, why would you want to swim in chemicals? Edited August 18, 2011 by 4kiddies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetBean Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 We have a pool now, but I grew up swimming in a beautiful clean gravel bottom lake. I wonder what the temperature has to be for these amoebas to be of concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/aug/16/tdmain01-amoeba-caused-boys-fatal-infection-ar-1240873/ Read to the bottom. A dad is trying to get the word out. I hope you'll share this with everyone you know. Alley I posted about this too! This child was the first of 3 people to die from this infection so far this summer. Sorry--I didn't see your post until after I made mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 ETA: I will continue to chose to swim in a lake over a pool any day! Now that is gross imo, why would you want to swim in chemicals? See, I'm just the opposite. I will only swim when I can see the bottom of the body of water. There are no lakes around here like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 The ride in a car to the lake is far more dangerous than the possibility of an infection like this. It is very rare - whereas car accidents happen all the time - but we still get in the car every day..... :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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