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Got water up nose today at water park in utah what's chance of getting brain eating amoeba?

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Dr. Paul Grin answered

Specializes in Pain Management

The rare infection: Many people may have antibodies to brain eating amoeba. If concerned, see your PCP for evaluation and tests.

Answered 8/13/2015

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Really LOW: There have been NO case-reports of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri in Utah from 1962 until 2016.

Answered 11/28/2017

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