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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't worry too much, it's very rare.  Also, symptoms show up fairly quickly.  If you don't have any symptoms in two weeks, you're almost certainly fine.

https://www.webmd.com/brain/brain-eating-amoeba

How Long Until Symptoms of a Brain-Eating Amoeba Appear?

It takes two to 15 days for symptoms to appear after N. fowleri amoebas enter the nose. Death usually occurs three to seven days after symptoms appear. The average time to death is 5.3 days from symptom onset. [/quote]
OP again. I didn't sleep at all last night...15 days is an eternity.[/quote]

15 days is the max.  I can't recall what the average or medium time is but I think it's within the first week.  You really shouldn't worry about this.  Here's what the CDC says.  Medium is 5 days.  One of the first symptoms is loss of smell.  If you haven't lost smell yet, you're probably fine.  Smell is lost because it destroys the neurons on the way up to the brain.  Of course, if you did lose smell, it could also be COVID.

https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/illness.html
Symptoms start 1-9 days (median 5 days) after swimming or other nasal exposure to Naegleria-containing water. People die 1-18 days (median 5 days) after symptoms begin.[/quote]

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