What Are The Repercussions Of Accidentally Falling Into A Pound?

Posted on Wed, 25 May 2016

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Question : I accidentally fell into our pond while clearing pads of fiberous algae. I think some water got up my nose and am worried about brain eating ameba. I took a shower and cleared my nose with sterile saline. Should I do anything else?

Answered by Dr. Ralf Von Seckendorff (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Amoeba usually not so easily accessable in body

Detailed Answer:
Dear patient,

with that short contact with the water in the pond there is usually no high risk of any parasites getting acces to your brain or body. The measures you took should be sufficient.

Best regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Naveen Kumar