I woke up today morning and took a very deep breath as was feeling tired from sleeping late. Just then I realised my sister was using the tap next to my room for washing something and I could feel droplets of water in my nose as the fan of my room runs at full speed and the window of my room is open as it has no door just grill.
I am very very concerned that I might have ended up putting myself at risk. I understand N Fowleri amoeba is rare, but it's summer, the temperature is hot here and the water in our house is not chlorinated, but from underground boring.
What chance is there that if infected water drops have fallen in my nostrils and I take a very deep breath in sleep, those water drops can go up deep in my nose or near the olfactory mucosa or nerves to cause an N Fowleri infection? Is there a risk and I have to wait and watch out for any symptoms?
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