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A member asked:
Can you get brain eating amoeba from bath / shower water slashing in nostrils? (not forced up into nose) thank you
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not likely: There have been rare cases involving swimming in lakes or ponds. Again, this is extremely rare.
Answered 5/29/2015
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Where are you?: It depends entirely on how safe the water supply is. If the water is not from a safe source, and crawling with germs and critters from the water, you will get all sorts of bugs, including amoebae (and there are a lot of kinds of those, too) If it's from a safe source, you are likely fine.
Answered 8/13/2018
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