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Water went up my nose when i looked up in shower for a few seconds. should i be worried it went to my brain or will cause some kind of infection?
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No: Short answers is no. First the water would have to have a large number of pathogen capable of do this, these are not in your water. Second, the water would have to be forced up you nostrils with a large for to get to and damage the cribiform plate. Third, most people that get brain infects are immune compromised.
Answered 3/21/2016
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