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| June 03, 2025 |

United States: A 71-year-old woman tragically succumbed to a lethal brain infection believed to have originated from using tap water in her sinus cleansing ritual.

While drinking water from the tap may seem routine in many households, professionals strongly caution against allowing unsterilized water to enter the nasal passages. Doing so risks an encounter with a deadly microbe — a perilously rare yet fatal menace known as Naegleria fowleri, often dubbed the “brain-eating amoeba.”

Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this single-celled parasite can infiltrate the human body when contaminated water travels up the nose. From there, it migrates with chilling precision to the brain, inflicting catastrophic inflammation and, more often than not, death.

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