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Stepped barefooted in standing water under my house went stright and washed it off was chances of gettinf somethin h from this?

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Low risk: very unlikely that anything will come of it. You did the right thing if there was a concern... as long as you didn't step on something sharp and cut your foot at the same time. BTW, you seem to be on some serious meds for a 16 yo???

Dr Juchau and another doctor agreed

Answered 2/19/2015

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