Yeah, track that sucker! Sure sounds like a recreational waterborne illness to me. Not that it sounds recreational much.PHOENIX - It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die....
"This is definitely something we need to track," said Michael Beach, a specialist in recreational waterborne illnesses for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In case you're wondering...
People who are infected tend to complain of a stiff neck, headaches and fevers.
Pretty helpful, huh? The only thing they left out was the runny nose. Just about every painfully fatal illness I've ever heard of starts out feeling like a common cold.
(If you're coming down with a cold, Bunky, sorry I mentioned that.)
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