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Contaminated food or water
Contaminated food or water
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
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A 40-year old asked:
What is a bacterial disease transmitted by contaminated food or water?
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What are the effects of ingesting contaminated water?
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A 33-year old asked:
Do home water filters actually keep water from being contaminated?
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A 21-year old female asked:
How long would ecoli live in sink and blocked up sink water? Would you be contaminated if got splatted by water?
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A 46-year old asked:
What do I do if I just drank contaminated water on accident?
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A 21-year old asked:
What can be done if a water system is already contaminated or is suspected of being contaminated?
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A 30-year old asked:
What should I do if I drank contaminated water?
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A 34-year old asked:
What are effects of drinking of contaminated water?
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A 46-year old asked:
I drank contaminated water, what should I espect now?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is it better to drink contaminated water or no water for a day?
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A 42-year old asked:
What illnesses are brought about by drinking contaminated water?
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A 37-year old asked:
If drank contaminated water, how can I make sure I don't get sick?
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A 49-year old female asked:
I left a 1 gallon bottle of spring water open without its cap for about 20-24 hours. Is it safe to drink the water in that bottle? Is it contaminated?
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A 35-year old female asked:
How can I treat cryptosporidium I drank contaminated water?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Can rabies transmission occur by ingesting rabies contaminated water?
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A 40-year old asked:
I heard viruses and protozoa are spread by contaminated water.Is this true?
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A 32-year old male asked:
How does water become contaminated in neti pots to cause infection?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Can i get HIV if my water base lube was contaminated with HIV+ fluid. ?
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A 42-year old asked:
What type of health risks can arise from drinking lead contaminated water over in Asian lake?
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A 32-year old male asked:
How to make contaminated water safe for drinking? In my country, most of the water supply is contaminated and often times mixed with sewage water.
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A 21-year old female asked:
How long after exposure the RPR syphilis testing is conclusive? Is 6 week enough to conclusive? Does syphilis easy to die outside the body? Or easy to die after you wash the contaminated object with tap water?
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A 46-year old asked:
Could Scarlet fever be contracted by drinking contaminated water?
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A 26-year old female asked:
What types of infections can I get from contaminated drinking water?
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A 21-year old female asked:
My dogs were diagnosed with whipworm. Could my husband and I have it? I hear it can be from contaminated water. Could it be our water? How do we know?
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A 43-year old asked:
Would I get infected if contaminated water splash up to my vagina from public toilet?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Does it make unpurified tap water that is contaminated with sewage and has no chlorine it safe to drink if you just boil it?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I once washed my penis using tap water from public toilet. Do I have a chance to get hiv if the water or the tap was contaminated?
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A member asked:
We had a raccoon die in out koi pond (like the size of a knee deep kiddie pool) if it had rabies is the water now contaminated with rabies?
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A 47-year old asked:
What to do if i've got drunk water which was contaminated with mosquito spray by mistakewhether this caused these allergies on my body?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Yesterday I masturbated before cleaning my penis I cleaned a public toilet mug which has contaminated water while cleaning the mug water from the mug scattered on the penis (which isn't cleaned my semen was there at that time ) will I get hiv?
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