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Dirty water went in nose
I was purchasing vegetables and it was all wet. I noticed the bucket next to me in which they were washing them, it was very dirty water. While purchasing, some of the water drops splashed in my face and in my nose as vendor threw a pile of wet vegetables next to me and hurled the plastic sheet next to me on which veggies kept. I was wearing a mask still I felt water getting in my nose and due to suffocation I started inhaling as I gasped for breath due to the mask.
I am very worried that if the water contained N Fowleri can I get infection? Could the water drops that fell in my nostrils get forced upto the sinuses or the olfactory nerves due to inhaling when I got out of breath?
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Don't panic. Getting few drops of water through the mask into nose and mouth most probably won't cause anything.
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If you are still worried, you can gargle your mouth and do Neti wash for your nose.
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