, Josiah's relatives said he was tested for strep, COVID-19 and other diseases when he got sick with a fever, headaches and vomiting, but by the time doctors realized it was N. fowleri, it was too late.
"We just want people to be aware that it’s out there," his grandmother, Natalie McIntyre, said Saturday during a fundraiser, the Chronicle reported.according to the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe CDC says N. fowleri is commonly found in lakes in the South, especially in the summer, but getting sick from it is rare, with only 34 documented cases in the U.S. from 2009 to 2018.
While Lake Jackson residents are under the boil advisory, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said they should not allow water to go up their nose or sniff the water while bathing and showering. An infection cannot occur from swallowing infected water, the CDC says. Josiah's grandparents said they suspect he was infected after inhaling infected water at a"splash-pad" they visited shortly before he fell ill, the Houston Chronicle reported. A hose at the boy's house also tested positive for the microbe, according to KTRK-TV.
Josiah's death prompted city officials to test their water and close the splash-pad, KTRK-TV reportedThe microbe can cause symptoms similar to bacterial meningitis, including headaches, fever, nausea and vomiting, making an initial diagnosis challenging, the CDC says. The infection progresses rapidly, eventually causing neck stiffness, seizures, hallucinations and coma.
'Amid health crisis, Trump administration guts clean water protections' A six year old boy is dead. Nothing more needs to be said.
Think it has creeped into anti-maskers noggins too
I need to see “covid” level of panic and responses for CLEAN DRINKING WATER. Prayers to this family and the lil boys spirit
If it happened in Texas I suspect it with happen in other regions as well. So, where is the EPA in all of this?
What an awful way to go...
I AM JESUS CHRIST AND I DO NOT SUPPORT RACISM !! DONALD TRUMP IS THE OLD SERPENT 'THE DRAGON' 'THE DEVIL'. I WILL DEFEND AFRO-AMERICANS !! I came to step on the snake's head. WHO VOTES IN ('TRUMP DEVIL') GOES TO HELL. 'Revelation of the Bible' APOCALYPSE...
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