Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on Lake Elsinore. There was a case of the brain eating ameoba there last week. I know this is not the only lake that this has happend at. I know there were cases in Havi last year too at windsor beach. I understand it's extremely rare and I have been out boarding in Elsinore two times last week and actually saw a couple of other good looking tiges. Just wanted to give everyone in socal a heads up.
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They can't trace it back to Elsinore because the boy had been to a few different lakes in days before he had been sick. They more than likely think he got it at Elsinore. That amoeba is found in almost every body of water but the likely hood of getting into your nose then into your brain is very rare.Originally posted by RYAN0 View PostSuccess is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
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Great I had a ton of water go up my nose during your ballast water test.
I was sick for a weekPut your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. Albert EinsteinComment
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Originally posted by G-MONEY View Post
The amoeba tried to find your brain got frustrated and looked else where.
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
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Lucky meOriginally posted by Coach View PostThe amoeba tried to find your brain got frustrated and looked else where.
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. Albert EinsteinComment
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That is funnyOriginally posted by Coach View PostThe amoeba tried to find your brain got frustrated and looked else where.
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We have that amoeba on every lake here in Florida, just another risk, to compete with the gators and sharks!
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I'd rather take my chances with the ones I can seeOriginally posted by mtnsmith View PostWe have that amoeba on every lake here in Florida, just another risk, to compete with the gators and sharks!
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i was thinking about heading to elsinor saturday morning......should i change plans??Originally posted by RYAN0 View PostComment
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I would say No. You can read this and make your own choiceOriginally posted by skyliner View Post
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Elsin...ngs_21626.html
Elsinore Boy’s Death from Amoeba Prompts Officials’ Warnings
By Anna Boyd
17:02, August 6th 2008 3 votes
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Elsinore Boy’s Death from Amoeba Prompts Officials’ Warnings
Riverside County health officials issued a warning on Tuesday urging residents to take precautions when swimming in lakes, ponds, and hot springs.
The warning comes after a 9-year-old boy died on Saturday from a brain infection triggered by an amoeba, Naegleria fowleri. The boy had gone swimming in Lake Elsinore several times this summer, but there is no clear evidence so far on the place where the boy got infected with the parasite.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the parasite is known to inhabit bodies of freshwater, geothermal water or hot springs, but also warm water discharged from industrial plants and poorly chlorinated swimming pools. It is not found in salt-water locations like the ocean. It is most common during the summer and typically infects a person when it is ingested through a nasal passage. The amoeba kills its host by destroying brain tissue.
Symptoms of the disease tend to resemble those experienced in bacterial or viral meningitis, such as fever, headache, nausea, vomiting and neck stiffness, Riverside County Public Health Director Eric Frykman said. Later symptoms include a state of confusion, lack of attention to people and surroundings, loss of balance, seizures, and hallucinations. The disease progresses rapidly and causes death within three to seven days. What is even worse than that, it’s the fact that, currently, there is no vaccine or effective medication to stop the infection.
The amoeba has caused fatal infections in 15 southern states. About 33 fatalities were reported from 1998 through 2007 in the United States.
However low the risk of getting infected with the parasite is , Frykman urged people to avoid warm fresh water, hot springs and water around power plants; to avoid the water when temperatures are high and water levels are low; to hold their nose shut while in the water or use a nose clip and to avoid digging or stirring up sediment while in shallow freshwater areas.
“The risk of infection is extremely low and is no different in Lake Elsinore than in any other warm-water lake. This is not a new risk, but because of the unique nature of it and because it is fatal, we wanted to get this information out to the public. There are probably tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of exposures of people going into any particular lake in this country. And only three people get this on average (per year), so you can see that the risk (of infection) is exceptionally low,” said Dr. Frykman.
He also added that many people may have been exposed but only a very small percentage of people haven’t developed the antibodies to fight the bug.
For their safety, the CDC recommended that “people should seek medical care immediately whenever they develop a sudden onset of fever, headache, stiff neck, and vomiting particularly if they have been in warm fresh water within the previous 2 weeks.”Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
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We had I think two cases of that at our lake one year. It is very rare, I have been boating there my whole life. Don't let it ruin your boating.How can I be racist when all of my assault rifles are black?Comment
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Yikes! Thanks for the update.Mike Allen, Tigé owner since 1997Comment
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Apparently it couldn't find it.Originally posted by Coach View PostThe amoeba tried to find your brain got frustrated and looked else where. j/k
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