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Can you get naegleria fowleri from picking your nose after washing your hands and then drying them?
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No: It is extremely uncommon for this infection to occur other than when people swim/dive in warm freshwater places such as lakes & rivers. Other remotely possible modes of transmission include submerging one's head in contaminated tap water or inadequately chlorinated swimming pool water, or performing nasal irrigation with contaminated water. Picking your nose after washing your hands wouldn't cause
Answered 9/14/2017
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VERY unlikely: The below conditions would have to be met for this to happen: -The water you washed your hands in would have to be contaminated with N. Fowleri -N. Fowleri requires a wet environment to live, and will die in less than 5 mins when dried, so you would have to have NOT wiped all of the amoeba off when you dried, and picked your nose within 4-5 mins of drying them.
Answered 9/24/2017
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