A woman in Texas died in 2024 from a brain-eating amoeba that appeared after she used tap water and a nasal irrigation device, researchers with the state and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report.
According to the report, the previously healthy woman, 71, filled the device with tap water from a recreational vehicle water system at a campground in Texas. Within four days, she developed severe symptoms such as altered mental status and fever. She later suffered seizures.
