Editing Hot spring (section)

===Precautions===
Hot springs in volcanic areas are often at or near the [[boiling point]]. People have been seriously scalded and even killed by accidentally or intentionally entering these springs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Safety |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/safety.htm |website=Yellowstone National Park |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=24 June 2021 |date=8 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Almasy |first1=Steve |title=Man severely burned after falling into Yellowstone hot spring |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/14/us/yellowstone-hot-spring-burns-north-carolina-man/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=24 June 2021 |date=15 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Andrews |first1=Robin |title=This Is What Happens When You Fall Into One Of Yellowstone's Hot Springs |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinandrews/2016/12/30/this-is-what-happens-when-you-fall-into-one-of-yellowstones-hot-springs/ |website=Forbes |access-date=24 June 2021 |date=30 December 2016}}</ref>

Some hot springs microbiota are infectious to humans:
* ''[[Naegleria fowleri]]'', an [[excavata|excavate]] [[amoeba]], lives in warm unsalted waters worldwide and causes a fatal [[meningitis]] should the organisms enter the nose.<ref>{{EMedicine|article|972044|Naegleria}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Shinji Izumiyama |author2=Kenji Yagita |author3=Reiko Furushima-Shimogawara |author4=Tokiko Asakura |author5=Tatsuya Karasudani |author6=Takuro Endo |title=Occurrence and Distribution of ''Naegleria'' Species in Thermal Waters in Japan |journal=J Eukaryot Microbiol |volume=50 |pages=514–5 |date=July 2003 |pmid=14736147 |doi=10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00614.x |s2cid=45052636 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Yasuo Sugita |author2=Teruhiko Fujii |author3=Itsurou Hayashi |author4=Takachika Aoki |author5=Toshirou Yokoyama |author6=Minoru Morimatsu |author7=Toshihide Fukuma |author8=Yoshiaki Takamiya |title=Primary amebic meningoencephalitis due to ''Naegleria fowleri'': An autopsy case in Japan |journal=Pathology International |volume=49 |issue=5 |pages=468–70 |date=May 1999 |pmid=10417693 |doi=10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00893.x |s2cid=21576553 }}</ref>
* ''[[Acanthamoeba]]'' also can spread through hot springs, according to the US [[Centers for Disease Control]] - The organisms enter through the eyes or via an open wound.<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/Ncidod/dpd/parasites/acanthomoeba/factsht_acanthamoeba.htm CDC description of acanthamoeba]</ref>
* ''[[Legionella]]'' [[bacteria]] have been spread through hot springs.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Miyamoto H, Jitsurong S, Shiota R, Maruta K, Yoshida S, Yabuuchi E |title=Molecular determination of infection source of a sporadic ''Legionella pneumonia'' case associated with a hot spring bath |journal=Microbiol. Immunol. |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=197–202 |year=1997 |pmid=9130230 |doi=10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01190.x|s2cid=25016946 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Eiko Yabauuchi |author2=Kunio Agata |title=An outbreak of legionellosis in a new facility of hot spring Bath in Hiuga City |journal=Kansenshogaku Zasshi |volume=78 |issue=2 |pages=90–8 |year=2004 |issn=0387-5911 |pmid=15103899|doi=10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.78.90 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*''[[Neisseria gonorrhoeae]]'' was reported to have very likely been acquired from bathing in a hot spring according to one [[case study]], with the near-body temperature, slightly acidic, [[Isotonic fluid|isotonic]], organic matter-containing waters thought to facilitate the survival of the pathogen.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Goodyear-Smith|first1=Felicity|last2=Schabetsberger|first2=Robert|date=2021-09-17|title=Gonococcus infection probably acquired from bathing in a natural thermal pool: a case report|journal=Journal of Medical Case Reports|volume=15|issue=1|pages=458|doi=10.1186/s13256-021-03043-6|issn=1752-1947|pmc=8445652|pmid=34530901 |doi-access=free }}</ref>