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Can you get naegleria fowleri from just swimming in lake water? no water forcible went up my nose.

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Dr. Alonso Morales Medina answered

Specializes in Medicina Interna

The risk is present.: The most common and studied mode of transmission is swimming in contaminated water, where the amoeba can enter through your olfatory nerve when water enters your nose. There is not a specific known quantity of water that needs to enter your nose. If you are completely sure that no water entered your nose, the risk might be minimal.

Answered 7/28/2019

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