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Creek water got up my nose yesterday. left nostril swelling. was shallow, warmish water. freaking out about brain eating amoeba. should i worry?

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Dr. Elizabeth Wallen answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

?: It says you are in Afghanistan??? I looked up where this organism has been identified. It has been found in several countries around the world but everywhere I looked, Afghanistan was not one of them.

Answered 8/31/2014

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Very, very low risk: There have been NO case-reports of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri in Kentucky between 1962–2016.

Answered 11/28/2017

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