A member asked:

I accidentally got some snow in my mouth while having a snowball fight. the snow was from the ground so it wasn't clean. will i get sick with this? :(

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Snow eat: chances are very slim that you would become ill from the snow. There is a very slim possibility that you could have ingested a small amount of enteric pathogens since ice doesnt kill the organism, only heat. But odds are very very slim that it could happen

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Dr. Theresa Henderson answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Probably not: This sort of thing happens to people when ever they are having snow fights or other kinds of mud fights or such. Your mouth is not a clean place. It has a lot of organisms. That is why a bite causes so many infections. I would not worry too much about a little snow during a snow fight you're fine

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Not likely: I wouldn't worry about it, just don't get hit with a snowball in the mouth.

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