It wasn't speed brought to hospital. It was speed doctors tested and diagnosed her with the disease. People have gotten to hospitals 2 days in the infection but doctors didn't test until it was to late. Thank the doctors too and her mother.
+TheJellyJamMan1 if you know about this amoeba, as soon as water enters through your nose, you fall from a boat or something, you have to go to emergency and tell them what you may have, is the only way to survive, same thing, if you get bit by a dog, cat, whatever, doesnt matter if no symptoms, instantly go to emergency and get the rabbies shot. This girl was brought to hospital when already having symptoms, otherwise, how would her mom know? if i fall in these waters, i aint waiting for shit, i go straight to the hospital
@@naegleriafowleri76 That's called paranoia. There have been 128 cases in the past 50 years in the US. Instead of worrying about death all the time, try just living your life.
smelly caca is all fun and giggles until it happens to you why risk it. The amoeba is not rare is everywhere what is rare is infection as most have protection against it hence why so many people swim in lakes rivers and never get the question is how do you know you inherited this protection? You don’t
@@Mohab7274 God doesn't exist The people who Made this medicine in Germany are the only ones you should thank. In the past when everyone believed in your God, people died miserably
@@Mohab7274 Your Christianity is Just a mixture of Jewish and european pagan Religions People didn't understand anything about this world Back then So they made Up these "Gods" as explanation Apparently the one God concept of Judaism survived within Christianity That's why you are not praying to Hades despite believing in His realm that you call "Hell" a concept Not quiet important in Judaism but taken from Pagan European religions and added to Christianity
For those wondering what disease Kali contracted, She was infected with the parasitic amoeba Naeglaria fowleri. This parasite causes the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis, the mortality rate on this infection is 98% on the mortality rate, and is very hard to cure. Because of Kali's quick thinking mother, and the speed of the diagnosis and treatment, she was able to survive.
Alexander Sticknodes productions & [GD] [MC] It can get in to your nasal passages through your mouth (ever had water forced in your mouth and come out your nose?). It can also potentially get into your brain through the bloodstream. Stay out of fresh water.
speed that saved her? wow.... if i tell anyone im sick they'll just give me medicine by mouth and not take me to the hospital until like 5 or 7 days later....
God bless, Kali! I know it was scary what she and her family had to endure. Now that there are four people known to have survived in the US, we can do anything now to spread awareness and swim with caution.
My family friend just got this, the doctors thought he was paralysed at first, but now they found out its a brain-eating amoeba... They gave an ultimatum for 2 weeks and said he is going to die by then. This thing is horrible.
I am concerned about the water treatment process here in Los Angeles. Although the surface water supply (i.e., from the northern Sierras, etc.) go through a more stringent process, the ground water supply only gets disinfected by chloramine. The surface water supply goes through a process that includes ozone treatment, filter, and UV light, as well as chloramine through the distribution system. HOWEVER, according to a peer reviewed study, nitrification can dilute the potency of chloramine in the water supply that could allow N. fowleri to exist more readily in biofilm in the pipes. Here is an excerpt: "N. fowleri in drinking water treatment and distribution systems can be managed using disinfectant concentrations typically encountered in well-run plants although nitrification and attendant low disinfectant residuals may pose a challenge for some systems. The greatest challenge for N. fowleri control is in premise plumbing systems where conditions are largely outside the control of utilities, residuals might be low or nonexistent, and where water temperatures could be high enough to support rapid growth of the amoebae." More details about nitrification's concerning effects: "Although no studies have reported direct involvement of nitrification in distribution systems and storage facilities on growth of N. fowleri, nitrification deserves special scrutiny in assessment and management of N. fowleri risks. In the United States, increasing numbers of utilities are adopting chloramines for secondary disinfection (Seidel et al, 2005) because it is more persistent than free chlorine, it results in lower production of disinfection byproducts than free chlorine (Seidel et al, 2005), and chloramines penetrate biofilms more readily than free chlorine (LeChevallier et al, 1988). Under certain water quality conditions, many distribution systems using chloramines for secondary disinfection experience nitrification-the widespread growth of ammonia-oxidizing and other bacteria (Cunliffe, 1991). Nitrification results in accelerated decay of chloramines (and loss of residual disinfecting capacity), increased biofilm growth, and reduced capacity to inactivate microorganisms in the biofilms and suspended in the water. These conditions are conducive to propagation of N. fowleri because they result in reduced disinfectant residual and increased populations of cells that may be used as food. Nitrification is also believed to be common in premise plumbing systems (Zhang & Edwards, 2009) and a potential contributing cause of amplification of N. fowleri and increased human exposure...Of greatest importance in managing N. fowleri is maintaining a disinfectant residual throughout the drinking water distribution system and in the plumbing of premises. The authors suggest that a target continuous free chlorine residual of 0.2 mg/L at the end of distribution is a reasonable target for Naegleria spp. control. Because of remaining uncertainty about the ability of secondary disinfectant to control N. fowleri in biofilms, tank sediments, and other problematic parts of operational distribution systems, utilities and regulators should use a more conservative minimum level such as 0.5 mg/L when developing an N. fowleri control strategy." UV Light, which is being used in Los Angeles' water treatment plant to reduce ozonation is concerning because it takes a lot of UV light to inactivate N. fowleri, and I'm not sure our UV light treatment here is set that high? "Sarkur and Gerba (2012) reported that UV inactivation of N. fowleri required slightly higher doses (63 and 13 mWsec/cm2) for a 2-log inactivation for cysts and trophozoites, respectively, than the dose required for Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts (~ 10mWsec/cm2). The authors postulate that unlike Cryptosporidium, this may be due to the increased ability of Naegleria to repair UV-damaged DNA because they are naturally exposed to UV in the natural environment." This is concerning that N. fowleri is almost always in the premise piping: "Studies have documented the persistence and growth of N. fowleri in biofilms under conditions typical of distribution systems and premise plumbing. Biyela et al (2012) introduced laboratory-grown isolates of N. fowleri into cast-iron and PVC pipe loops and conducted microbiological analyses of weekly water samples and of a biofilm material collected five months after the inoculation of the pipe loops with N. fowleri. Feedwater in the pipe loops was maintained at 25°C, and flow rate through the loops was maintained at 0.304 m/s. Other water quality aspects of the feedwater (chlorine residual, dissolved organic carbon, etc.) are not described. The pipe loops had been run continuously for six years prior to inoculation with N. fowleri and were reported to have well-established biofilms. Nested PCR was used for N. fowleri detection (presence/absence). N. fowleri was detected in all water samples collected from the pipe loops, and both vegetative organisms and cysts were detected in the biofilm samples. No comparisons of PVC and iron pipe were possible because all samples were positive for N. fowleri. The studies of Biyela et al (2012) and Goudot et al (2012) demonstrate that • N. fowleri readily attach to and persist in biofilms; • N. fowleri have the potential to undertake significant and rapid growth in biofilms; and • growth in biofilms appears to depend primarily on temperature, availability of substrate, and competition with other freeliving amoebae." And I found this to be the most interesting part about N. fowleri! Could depleting iron from the water be a treatment in the future? "Samples that were negative for N. fowleri tended to contain ironand manganese-oxidizing bacteria, suggesting that iron and manganese limitation could suppress the growth or prevent the occurrence of N. fowleri in some groundwaters. Support for this hypothesis is provided by Newsome and Wilhelm (1983) who found that iron-chelating agents in water inhibited the growth of N. fowleri, and by Kyle and Noblet (1985) who observed the highest N. fowleri densities along a vertical profile in a pond at a depth where exogenous iron was readily available."
Anything new? I am very worried about my tap water in my bathroom (respectively the sink and the shower) because I haven;t attached a filter. However, for the kitchen sink I bought an Enagic machine called Leveluk R that produces kangen water and is NSF 42 certified. However, it still doesn't really remove every substance from the water. THe thing is that I knew about this horrifying brain infection for years and I still kept using tap water to wash my face or to shower and to this day too unfortunately. Do you think N. Floweri could be in tap water? Like lets say I wash my face and I accidentally get it in my nose (this didn;t happen, hypothetically speaking) will it pose any threat? I could buy some decent filters but idk if they'll work. I've came to the conclusion that Multipure's Aqualuxe is the best but money is the problem... Keep me posted
look at it this way: if you contract this disease from tap water, you can sue the city for damage in the area of hundreds of millions of dollars, assuming you have a good legal team
You can't get the amoeba through drinking the water. The acids in your stomach will kill it. Also, they tend to remain in water, that sits for a long period of time. For example, a pond, a lake, a swamp, and etc.. Also, chlorinated water and salt water kill them.
Think of those odds she was against? The naegleria fowleri was in her brain(one if the most sensitive things in the human body) killing all sorts of braincells, then going into a feeding frenzy stage, then multiplying rapidly (due to the heat when she was sick from it) AND the fact the naegleria fowleri is hard to kill for your immune system is absolutely amazing
Congratulations on her wonderful recovery! Thank the doctors and her family for helping her in time before it was too late :) I have a question; do survivors of the disease go back to their original personalities? I know they have to re-learn everything, but will their opinions still be the same in the end?
If it's treated soon enough there is actually no brain damage, because what causes the brain damage is our own immunology system that tries to defeat the pathogen. Lowering body temperature and causing self hypothermia does help alot it seems who did that procedure has left without any psychological damage.
@@emptythoughts_8 I’m not sure, it says your water is pretty clean As a matter of fact, there have been 0 cases in your state since the 80s I doubt you’d even get shower water up your nose like that anyway You’re good! :)
0:46 best wishes from germany. (you don't know you are beautiful came to my mind) If someone wants to buy potassium permanganate for water treatment, he will be a suspect no one thinks to close schools, clubs and restaurants. this is a script for a movie like "the thing" or "the body snatchers"
All glory to God. He spared her life. So proud of all her hard work and efforts on getting better, I know it hasn’t been an easy road to recovery and I’m sure she still has a long way to go.
Moral of the story is if they diagnose you with Meningitis, throw a little joke out there and ask, "are you 100% sure it's not a brain-eating amoeba?".
Be very afraid! Actually the number of death was underreported. You only have 2 days to do therapy otherwise it likely to be failed. Death rate is higher than 80%. If that's not enough, any symptoms would looks similar as casual non life threatening symptoms until you get meningitis.
How did everyone else survive at the water park? People could go home and not realize symptoms. Other people's bodies may be able to fight off this specific infection. How did everyone else survive? This infection may be rare because we normally can fight the infection off. I wonder "What if someone with lots more nerve endings was infected?". Is there a point when the brain eating amoeba could die off or become dormant in the host?
R Whites #1 Its a water park with Chlorine treated water. #2 She was the third out of +120 infections to survive meaning everyone else died. #3 Obviously the immune system cannot defend against amoeba which is why they used medicine.Its sad that U.S medicine couldn't help.
