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Bit into something with tomato sauce in it and it went up my nose. should i be worried about nasal infection or damage to my brain showered after.

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Unlikely : Hi, this is very unlikely, you would have to be eating very questionable tomato sauce. As for a brain infection: there would have to be a root of entry, and you would like need a compromise immune system.

Answered 3/19/2016

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