What is known to be a very rare infection is also a fatal one.  Naegleria Fowleri is a microscopically small amoeba that enters the brain only though the nose.   Listen and know about a rare danger in the water.

What is known to be a very rare infection is also a fatal one. Naegleria Fowleri is a microscopically small amoeba that enters the brain only though the nose. Listen and know about a rare danger in the water.

What is known to be a very rare infection is also a fatal one. &nbsp;Naegleria Fowleri is a microscopically small amoeba that enters the brain only though the nose. &nbsp; Listen and know about a rare danger in the water.&nbsp;

Danger in the Water:  Amoeba in the Brain

This is wilderness medicine education from the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the Univeristy of Utah. It is designed for use in the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) program, but anyone who goes into the backcountry should study this material. Log onto: www.wildmedu.org for more information.&nbsp;

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This is wilderness medicine education from the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the Univeristy of Utah. It is designed for use in the Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS) program, but anyone who goes into the backcountry should study this material. Log onto: www.wildmedu.org for more information. 

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