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I live in maine on town water. i recently got shower water directly up my nose. im worried about brain eating amoeba, should i be worried?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Infection: Very unlikely to get "brain eating amoeba" from domestic water source. However your best call would be to your local health dept if any issues with water.

Dr Modi agreed

Answered 5/27/2019

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