I greatly doubt it. help? I accidentally let some tap water go up my nose an hour ago. Avoid slip-n-slides or other activities where it is difficult to prevent water going up the nose. Something that has killed just 2 people is something that is a lot less common than, say, car accidents. Avoid slip-n-slides or other activities where it is difficult to prevent water from going up the nose. This is most important the first time you use the tap after the water utility raises the disinfectant level. You only have to worry if water from a Porta-John splashes up your nose. . I fear getting N. fowleri amoebas into my - Answered by a verified Doctor ... Ask-a-doc Web sites: If you've got a quick question, you can try to get an answer from sites that say they have various specialists on hand to give quick answers... Justanswer.com. People get tap water up their noses all the time. ... you won't die from spring water. I was infected with a parasite at a family reunion that was held on a farm. Consider that you are probably more likely to be killed by another driver on the trip to the store to get distilled water, than you are by bugs in the tap water. . ... accidentally … I accidentally got a bunch of great value spring water up my nose and I’m worried about it. Got a parasite . The first death, a 20-year-old … DO run bath and shower taps and hoses for five minutes before use to flush out the pipes. For a few days now, when I drink water (tap water--nothing too cold, or too hot), I start having shortness of breath, and my heart has been racing. At one point my blood pressure was 172 over 92. Health officials say you can't get infected drinking contaminated water, but caution that you can get sick if the water goes up your nose and the amoeba reaches the brain. Most Naegleria fowleri infections are associated with swimming in warm freshwater lakes and rivers. This is actually municipal tap water and does not come from a spring. It says it was filtered with ozonation. Don't worry about it. Naegleria fowleri amoeba. . I got tap water in my nose? For one thing, infections from tap water are extremely rare—I’ve heard of only two, I think. For another, infections occur when water is driven deeply up into the nose where the olfactory mucosa is. These infections are rare (only 32 instances in the past decade), but can occur if water is forced up the nose -- such as from diving or jumping into fresh water, or doing a nasal rinse with tap water that contains the microbe. me and 72 other people (NO JOKE . DO run bath and shower taps and hoses for 5 minutes before use to flush out the pipes. so i was washing my face in the sink and made my hand into a cup and put water near my nose and accidentally snorted the tap water into my nose.. and ive heard about that brain eating amoeba now im scared.. There are a number of things you should not put up your nose and now, tap water is among the list. 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