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Toddler sniffed up well water in nose while taking bath. concerned about brain eating amoeba?
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I doubt you bathed him in water from a pond or slow flowing creek where these amoebae thrive (in the summer months). Your city water would filter out such contaminants.
Answered 1/23/2023
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