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Blows my mind, all the people that use anything besides freshly filtered boiled and/or filtered water for this.
It blows my mind, that the richest country in one of the most developed areas on the globe is unable to provide save tap water.
apparently she was using stale water thats been sitting around for quite some time, this breeds bacteria, and amoebas. amoebas love to eat bacteria so they are found where tons of bacteria are. this is the case for legionaries disease, the bacteria love to infest amoebas.
the other kind of amoeba that can similar symptoms that also resulted in a brain eating form, is balumuthia amoeba.
Legionnaires disease is actually an atypical bacteria that is commonly found in water and HVAC systems, separate from any kind of amoeba.