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A member asked:

I was out in a park with streams of water in il. i touched the water & i may have picked at my nose. chance of brain eating amoeba?

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No: In real life, a Naegleria fowleri infection does not happen just because one "may have picked at my nose." So, no worries. Enjoy the parks. Watch out for mosquitoes though; they bite.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 10/1/2017

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

No risk: There have been no case-reports of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis caused by Naegleria fowleri in Illinois between 1962 and 2016. REF: https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/state-map.html

Dr Modi and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/27/2017

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