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Don’t use unsterilized tap water to rinse your sinuses. It may carry brain-eating amoebas
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this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2024
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I couldn't even imagine this. I consume tap water daily. And to be honest also never heard such storys before this.
You can consume it, the infection happens if it gets into your nose.
That much I got. Thank you. I just don't get the part why people would do this?
Okay. Thank you. I read up about it after all this. That was/is a total foreign concept to me and it would never have occurred to me. And to be honest I find it disgusting.
Yeah sinus rinse requires already boiled water, even straight from the glacier, I think it's super sensitive to infection