A Texas woman has died after using tap water in a nasal rinse She had developed an infection caused by a rare brain-eating amoeba Experts say only sterile or boiled water is safe for nasal rinses ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People can be exposed to this without even realizing it. A 71-year-old woman reportedly contracted a brain infection from using ...

A Texas woman died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from tap water used to clear out her sinuses. The 71-year-old, who was not identified, fell ill within four days of using a nasal irrigation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Texas woman died from a rare brain infection after she flushed her sinuses with tap water, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

A Texas woman of 71 died tragically from a brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as the brain-eating amoeba. The source? A simple sinus rinse using tap water from her RV's ...

A Texas woman died from an infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba days after she cleaned her sinuses using tap water, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention case report. The ...

As this brain-eating Naegleria fowleri can be found in warm freshwater and untreated tap water, the CDC recommends the use of distilled, sterile, or boiled and cooled tap water for nasal irrigation.