ISLAMABAD — A waterborne parasite commonly known as "brain-eating amoeba" has killed 10 people in Pakistan's largest city, a Pakistani official with the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
The amoeba — Naegleria fowleri — lives in warm, unclean water. It can infect the human nervous system, though this occurs rarely. In those cases it is difficult to treat and can lead to death in about a week.
Musa Khan, in charge of WHO's Disease Early Warning System in Pakistan, said the deaths were reported in the city of Karachi from March to September.
He said municipal authorities launched a campaign in the area to ensure the supply of clean water to residents. Health officials are carrying out a public awareness campaign to educate and guide people and doctors across Karachi about the disease, he said.
Other parts of Pakistan have also been alerted but so far no cases have been reported elsewhere, Khan said.

"There is no need to panic over these deaths," he stressed. "There is a remote chance for the spread of this deadly disease."

He said people don't usually get the brain-affecting form of the disease by drinking water, but by swimming in dirty water or cleaning their nostrils with contaminated water.

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A parasite that eats your brain that sounds scary.

For some reason, this does not surprise me. Parasites eating other parts of your body isn't unheard of. The only thing that makes this one more dangerous is the speed at which it kills and the fact that it attacks the brain. Because it attacks the brain, they can't do much about it without having the risk of causing even more brain damage. But, by the time you get this, you are getting damage to the brain no matter what you do. The other thing that makes this so deadly is the speed, as i said before. People can just brush it off for a day, then when the finally go to the hospital, it could take a while for them to figure out what it really is. By that time, they would be dead or very close.

Disturbing and very interesting, but not surprising.

>>4 a parasite is simply an organism that feeds off of another organism harming it in the process. It also says "A waterborne parasite commonly known as 'brain-eating amoeba'"(first sentence in >>1). Sorry for making my post more confusing than it should have.

>>5 Nah, my bad. I didn't focus.

This is why Nettipot (Not sure if I spelled the product correctly) is potentially deadly. When dealing with sinus cleaning things like that, or squeeze bottles, it's important to use boiled water in order to avoid this parasitic infection.

goood

>>8 you say this is good? you must be some asshole then.

>>9 I think he/she was just doing a drawn-out "Oh, God!"