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Can you get brain eating bacteria from water youd drank that came up through your nose?

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Dr. Arnold Lentnek answered

No: Not completely impossible but very very unlikely. If you had a brain eating organism you would now be unconscious, in the ICU of a hospital and not on a chat line

Dr Machanic agreed

Answered 2/25/2021

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A member asked:

Can you get brain eating bacteria from water youd drank that came up through your nose?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Arnold Lentnek answered

Dr Machanic agreed

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