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So not just tap water but her RVs tap water. The attempt at scare-mongering - tap water - like it could happen to anyone is annoying.

Neti pots and similar have very, very clear warnings that the water needs to be sterilized.

An investigation conducted by the agency found that the woman had not recently been exposed to fresh water but had performed the nasal irrigation using non-boiled water from the RV's potable water faucet "on several occasions" before her illness.

The potable water tank, the investigation found, was filled before the woman bought the RV three months ago and could have contained contaminated water. The investigation also concluded that the municipal water system, which was connected to the potable water system and bypassed the tank, could have caused the contamination.

A bit misleading to put so definitely "tap water" in the headline when this was 3 month old RV water.

This wasn't the tap waters fault. This was the rv water tanks fault, most likely. Most people pretty much never clean\sanatize them.

Blows my mind, all the people that use anything besides freshly filtered boiled and/or filtered water for this.

I'm seeing many, many comments from people who have never used a neti pot or have questions. There are some basic answers, from a man who has, at times, safely used a neti pot.

You only use a neti pot with distilled water or previously boiled water. I use water fresh off a boil, cooled down just enough to where my nose can tolerate it. You can use that expensive gentle salt or table salt or sea salt, anything is fine.

You guys have no idea how satisfying it is when your head is all stuffed up with snot, blowing with a tissue is impossible....and you cycle some warm saline solution in your sinuses & a massive glob of 3-4 tablespoons of snot effortlessly glides out your other nostril into the sink & you can breathe again. It is a disgusting miracle when you're sick, it is amazing.

Let's clarify a few things -- always use distilled or previously boiled water, as the brain-eating amoeba is present in most of North America's waters. It can potentially survive water processing plants, and possibly domestic hot water tanks. The brain-eating amoeba can only survive in warm, moist environments....like your sinuses right next to your brain....it must be forcibly injected into there, so no cannonballs into the lake. No snorting untreated lake water. Normal swimming is okay.

You can use the neti pot too much. I was using it to aggressively clear out my sinuses for a year with limited success, and it turns out I am allergic to a mold or fungus at my workplace. Very frequent use of the neti pot only irritated my nose further, causing it to become inflamed (but not dangerous), and it would never ever cure the root problem: allergies. That was only fixed by pills & anti-histamine spray.

There is no need to be afraid of the neti pot, or the brain-eating amoeba, so long as you use the neti pot responsibly. Correctly.

Campsite water system for RV's. I'm wondering if it was well water, and wasn't chlorinated?

she filled a nasal irrigation device with tap water from her RV's water system at a Texas campsite

oh, that sounds gross. Way to many points of possible contamination.

Isn't precaution number one when using neti pots to never do it with plain tap water?

If you read the fucking instructions you'll find it says use distilled water. But why read the instructions on a medical device when you can get your brains eaten instead?!

Gotta say, brain-eating amoebas are one of my fears.

As a fellow American who hasn't had to put up with this nonsense in my state but still lives in this era of fascist billionaire overrun, I now have a better idea what it must feel like to live in Texas. But Jesus fuck, fix your ~~water~~ ~~utilities~~ ~~government~~ ~~education~~ ~~society~~ shit.

I only clean my head holes with hard liquor.

I'll just keep chilling out safely over here on Team Blow Your Nose With A Tissue.

My libertarian uncle swore basically anything could be cured with a neti pot. He forced me to use one when I was having issues with allergies.

It didn't help one bit and was one of the most uncomfortable experiences in my life. This just turns me off to it even more.

Where I live (France) the recommendation is to take lukewarm water, add salt, and that's it.

Is texas water catastrophically bad or am I totally wrong (or both)?

I don't know if brain eating amoebae are a common occurrence in tap water, but it woud explain a lot about Texas.

You're supposed to use distilled water, genius as stupid mistakes go, that one's pretty low on the dumb-fuck-o-meter.

I know I have an extremely biased experience set having been a health inspector in a place full of RV slums, but I would never trust any portion, interior or exterior, including internal systems, of a used RV.

The potable water in the Deregulated Texas Oblast is safe. Right? Did she have United Healthcare supplemental insurance?

This is safe, if you boil the water.