u/ConsequenceSmart41

I’m looking for advice about a situation involving a possible perforated eardrum and an upcoming flight, as it is making me so anxious. I have a fish tank at home that was filled with UK tap water. However, it had been kept in very warm conditions with a heater and had not been changed for months, and the water was visibly murky.

On 14 August, I put my finger into the fish tank water. I then became distracted and accidentally put the same wet finger deep into my ear. I believe I may have a perforated eardrum, and I have previously used my finger to try to manually relieve the feeling of blockage in that ear. I have had hearing loss in one ear and a muffled feeling for months.

I am now extremely anxious about the possibility of Naegleria fowleri (the “brain-eating amoeba”) being involved. I am particularly worried about whether, if there were contaminated fluid in the middle ear (due to my perforated eardrum), cabin-pressure changes during a flight could somehow cause fluid to travel through the Eustachian tube into the back of my nose and then reach the olfactory region, which is the area involved in *N. fowleri* infection.

I have also read that fluid can drain into the nose, and I’m worried that if this happened I could accidentally sniff it upward into the part of the nose where infection occurs.

My timeline is:
14 August: I put a wet finger that had been in the fish tank into my ear.
18 August: I showered and a significant amount of UK tap water entered the ear. I’m worried that this could have mixed with any fluid already present in the ear or potentially caused more fluid to move through the Eustachian tube.
19 August: I am due to fly.

I have severe OCD and health anxiety, so I’m currently struggling to distinguish between a genuine medical concern and an anxiety-driven hypothetical scenario. I am seriously considering cancelling my holiday despite the flights, accommodation and other arrangements being non-refundable. I specifically booked this holiday to take a break from my health anxiety, and my friend is travelling with me, so cancelling would also significantly affect her.

What I am most concerned about is this chain of events:
Fish-tank water potentially containing N. fowleri → wet finger enters my ear → perforated eardrum allows the organism or contaminated water into the middle ear where i might have already had liquid trapped → fluid remains there → additional shower water enters the ear → cabin-pressure changes during the flight cause the fluid to drain through the Eustachian tube into the back of the nose → pressure changes or sniffing somehow move the fluid upward to the olfactory region →N. fowleri infection

I understand this may be an unusual post, however this is genuinely ruining my life and i don’t want it to effect my friend by cancelling our holiday and it’ll create money loss too. I cant get medical advice as my flight is within a few hours. I’ll take any advice i can get tbh, because i can’t make my own rational decisions.

edit: i do apologise if you’ve seen my posts multiple times. this will be my last one, and i’m being completely 100% honest here. This is the exact scenario, fish tank water in the uk.

Am i way too anxious and should i just face my fears and fly?

Hello, I’m 22F looking for advice about a situation involving a possible perforated eardrum and an upcoming flight.
I have a fish tank at home that was filled with UK tap water. However, it had been kept in very warm conditions with a heater and had not been changed for months, and the water was visibly murky.

On 14 August, I put my finger into the fish tank water. I then became distracted and accidentally put the same wet finger deep into my ear. I believe I may have a perforated eardrum, and I have previously used my finger to try to manually relieve the feeling of blockage in that ear. I have had hearing loss in one ear and a muffled feeling for months.

I am now extremely anxious about the possibility of Naegleria fowleri (the “brain-eating amoeba”) being involved. I am particularly worried about whether, if there were contaminated fluid in the middle ear (due to my perforated eardrum), cabin-pressure changes during a flight could somehow cause fluid to travel through the Eustachian tube into the back of my nose and then reach the olfactory region, which is the area involved in *N. fowleri* infection.

I have also read that fluid can drain into the nose, and I’m worried that if this happened I could accidentally sniff it upward into the part of the nose where infection occurs.

My timeline is:
14 August: I put a wet finger that had been in the fish tank into my ear.
18 August: I showered and a significant amount of UK tap water entered the ear. I’m worried that this could have mixed with any fluid already present in the ear or potentially caused more fluid to move through the Eustachian tube.
19 August: I am due to fly.

I have severe OCD and health anxiety, so I’m currently struggling to distinguish between a genuine medical concern and an anxiety-driven hypothetical scenario. I am seriously considering cancelling my holiday despite the flights, accommodation and other arrangements being non-refundable. I specifically booked this holiday to take a break from my health anxiety, and my friend is travelling with me, so cancelling would also significantly affect her.

What I am most concerned about is this chain of events:
Fish-tank water potentially containing N. fowleri → wet finger enters my ear → perforated eardrum allows the organism or contaminated water into the middle ear where i might have already had liquid trapped → fluid remains there → additional shower water enters the ear → cabin-pressure changes during the flight cause the fluid to drain through the Eustachian tube into the back of the nose → pressure changes or sniffing somehow move the fluid upward to the olfactory region →N. fowleri infection

I understand this may be an unusual post, however this is genuinely ruining my life and i don’t want it to effect my friend by cancelling our holiday and it’ll create money loss too. I cant get medical advice as my flight is within a few hours. I’ll take any advice i can get tbh, because i can’t make my own rational decisions.

edit: i do apologise if you’ve seen my posts multiple times. this will be my last one, and i’m being completely 100% honest here. This is the exact scenario, fish tank water in the uk.

Hello, I’m looking for advice about a situation involving a possible perforated eardrum and an upcoming flight.
I have a fish tank at home that was filled with UK tap water. However, it had been kept in very warm conditions with a heater and had not been changed for months, and the water was visibly murky.

On 14 August, I put my finger into the fish tank water. I then became distracted and accidentally put the same wet finger deep into my ear. I believe I may have a perforated eardrum, and I have previously used my finger to try to manually relieve the feeling of blockage in that ear. I have had hearing loss in one ear and a muffled feeling for months.

I am now extremely anxious about the possibility of Naegleria fowleri (the “brain-eating amoeba”) being involved. I am particularly worried about whether, if there were contaminated fluid in the middle ear (due to my perforated eardrum), cabin-pressure changes during a flight could somehow cause fluid to travel through the Eustachian tube into the back of my nose and then reach the olfactory region, which is the area involved in N. fowleri infection.

I have also read that fluid can drain into the nose, and I’m worried that if this happened I could accidentally sniff it upward into the part of the nose where infection occurs.

My timeline is:
14 August: I put a wet finger that had been in the fish tank into my ear.
18 August: I showered and a significant amount of UK tap water entered the ear. I’m worried that this could have mixed with any fluid already present in the ear or potentially caused more fluid to move through the Eustachian tube.
19 August: I am due to fly.

I have severe OCD and health anxiety, so I’m currently struggling to distinguish between a genuine medical concern and an anxiety-driven hypothetical scenario. I am seriously considering cancelling my holiday despite the flights, accommodation and other arrangements being non-refundable. I specifically booked this holiday to take a break from my health anxiety, and my friend is travelling with me, so cancelling would also significantly affect her.

What I am most concerned about is this chain of events:
Fish-tank water potentially containing N. fowleri → wet finger enters my ear → perforated eardrum allows the organism or contaminated water into the middle ear where i might have already had liquid trapped → fluid remains there → additional shower water enters the ear → cabin-pressure changes during the flight cause the fluid to drain through the Eustachian tube into the back of the nose → pressure changes or sniffing somehow move the fluid upward to the olfactory region → N. fowleri infection.

I understand** **this may be an unusual post, however this is genuinely ruining my life and i don’t want it to effect my friend by cancelling our holiday and it’ll create money loss too. I cant get medical advice as my flight is within a few hours. I’ll take any advice i can get tbh, because i can’t make my own rational decisions.

edit: i do apologise if you’ve seen my posts multiple times. this will be my last one, and i’m being completely 100% honest here. This is the exact scenario, fish tank water in the uk.

It all started when I had to go to a London hospital for rabies post-exposure treatment. The process took a very long time, and I had already been there for around 10 hours and was extremely exhausted.

After an injection, I asked the nurse whether I could leave. She said she would go and check, but she took quite a long time. Because I was exhausted after being there for so many hours, I eventually got up and left without waiting for her to return and confirm that I could leave.

Now, rabies exposures are sometimes treated with HRIG alongside a vaccine.

Since then, I have had an ongoing fear that perhaps the injection I received was **HRIG rather than the rabies vaccine**, and that I was supposed to receive the rabies vaccine afterwards but left before it was administered.

I only received one injection that day, and the remaining doses were subsequently given by my GP. I therefore keep wondering whether I had completed everything I was supposed to receive at the hospital, or whether there was still a vaccine dose outstanding when I left.

My main question is: If I had left the London hospital A&E before receiving the rabies vaccine I was supposed to receive after HRIG, would the NHS hospital normally have noticed that I had left before completing my PEP and contacted me or otherwise followed up with me?

It all started when I had to go to a London hospital for rabies post-exposure treatment. The process took a very long time, and I had already been there for around 10 hours and was extremely exhausted.

After an injection, I asked the nurse whether I could leave. She said she would go and check, but she took quite a long time. Because I was exhausted after being there for so many hours, I eventually got up and left without waiting for her to return and confirm that I could leave.

Now, rabies exposures are sometimes treated with HRIG alongside a vaccine.

Since then, I have had an ongoing fear that perhaps the injection I received was HRIG rather than the rabies vaccine, and that I was supposed to receive the rabies vaccine afterwards but left before it was administered.

I only received one injection that day, and the remaining doses were subsequently given by my GP. I therefore keep wondering whether I had completed everything I was supposed to receive at the hospital, or whether there was still a vaccine dose outstanding when I left.

My main question is: If I had left the London hospital A&E before receiving the rabies vaccine I was supposed to receive after HRIG, would the NHS hospital normally have noticed that I had left before completing my PEP and contacted me or otherwise followed up with me?

It all started when I 22F had to go to a London hospital for rabies post-exposure treatment. The hospital had apparently never administered a rabies vaccine before, and I remember the process taking a very long time. I had already been there for around 10 hours and was exhausted.

I asked the nurse for permission to record the audio while she administered the vaccine because I have false-memory OCD, and she agreed.

What I remember causing my anxiety is that there was some bleeding after the injection, I noticed some liquid, and I left shortly afterwards. At the time, I asked the nurse whether I could leave. She said she would go and check, but she took a long time. Because I was exhausted after being there for so many hours, I eventually got up and left without getting confirmation from her.

Since then, I have had an ongoing fear that perhaps I was given HRIG rather than the rabies vaccine, and that I was supposed to remain there to receive the vaccine afterwards.

I don’t actually know whether I was supposed to receive HRIG, the vaccine, or both at that visit. I only received one injection that day, and the remaining three doses were subsequently given by my GP.

I recently listened back to the recording.

The nurse said: \*\*“Hi, I’ve activated it now, I had to mix it with powder.”\*\*
She then said: “I want to make sure all is up there. I hate this syringe. It’s nonsense. So much drama.”
She then said something like: “\*\*I think it’s detached”\*\*
(or possibly “attached” — I’m not completely sure).
She also said: “\*\*The rubber bit has come off\*\*.”
She left the room and returned about a minute later.
When she came back, she said:
“\*\*Yeah, so I’ve got all of it. It’s all here. It screwed off, so I had to go back and manipulate it until I get in.\*\*”

After the injection, there was a noticeable amount of blood that pooled out. I also remember seeing some liquid forming a bubble around the injection site. I wasn’t immediately given a cotton ball or plaster, which makes me worry that some or all of the vaccine may have leaked out. Another source of anxiety is that this was apparently the nurse’s first time administering a rabies vaccine. We were in London, where rabies PEP is relatively uncommon, and she seemed surprised that I needed it. She had also experienced problems with the syringe during the preparation.

My main concerns are:

\\- I left shortly after the injection without confirming with the nurse that I had received everything I was supposed to receive. It has now been about a year, and I still \*\*don’t know with certainty whether the injection I received was rabies vaccine or HRIG. If it was HRIG, I worry that I was supposed to receive a rabies vaccine afterwards and left before receiving it.\*\*

\\- A significant amount of blood came out after the injection, and I saw some liquid around the injection site. Could this mean that the vaccine leaked out and was ineffective?

\\- The nurse had problems with the syringe, and I worry that this could have affected the dose.

The situation has become particularly distressing because during my second rabies exposure, I was only given two shots because the clinicians considered me fully immunised as at the time, I had told them that I had previously received four rabies vaccines, and this was subsequently included in my vaccination record. However, I have recently started doubting whether I actually received four vaccines, because I now wonder whether the injection at the London hospital may have been HRIG rather than a vaccine. If that were the case, I worry that my original vaccination schedule may not have been valid.

My main question is:
\*\*If I had left the London hospital without receiving the rabies vaccine I was supposed to receive that day, would the NHS hospital normally have noticed this and contacted me or otherwise followed up with me?\*\*

I have read the FAQ.

edit: i know a VACCINE is what is mixed with powder before giving it, but i’m also imagining she had activated it beforehand and was waiting to give the vaccine after my first injection of HRIG but i left so i didn’t get the powder activated vaccine.

It all started when I had to go to a London hospital for rabies post-exposure treatment. The hospital had apparently never administered a rabies vaccine before, and I remember the process taking a very long time. I had already been there for around 10 hours and was exhausted.

I asked the nurse for permission to record the audio while she administered the vaccine because I have false-memory OCD, and she agreed.

What I remember causing my anxiety is that there was some bleeding after the injection, I noticed some liquid, and I left shortly afterwards. At the time, I asked the nurse whether I could leave. She said she would go and check, but she took a long time. Because I was exhausted after being there for so many hours, I eventually got up and left without getting confirmation from her.

Since then, I have had an ongoing fear that perhaps I was given HRIG rather than the rabies vaccine, and that I was supposed to remain there to receive the vaccine afterwards.

I don’t actually know whether I was supposed to receive HRIG, the vaccine, or both at that visit. I only received one injection that day, and the remaining three doses were subsequently given by my GP.

I recently listened back to the recording.

The nurse said: “Hi, I’ve activated it now, I had to mix it with powder.”
She then said: “I want to make sure all is up there. I hate this syringe. It’s nonsense. So much drama.”
She then said something like: “I think it’s detached”
(or possibly “attached” — I’m not completely sure).
She also said: “The rubber bit has come off.”
She left the room and returned about a minute later.
When she came back, she said:
“Yeah, so I’ve got all of it. It’s all here. It screwed off, so I had to go back and manipulate it until I get in.”

After the injection, there was a noticeable amount of blood that pooled out. I also remember seeing some liquid forming a bubble around the injection site. I wasn’t immediately given a cotton ball or plaster, which makes me worry that some or all of the vaccine may have leaked out. Another source of anxiety is that this was apparently the nurse’s first time administering a rabies vaccine. We were in London, where rabies PEP is relatively uncommon, and she seemed surprised that I needed it. She had also experienced problems with the syringe during the preparation.

My main concerns are:

- I left shortly after the injection without confirming with the nurse that I had received everything I was supposed to receive. It has now been about a year, and I still don’t know with certainty whether the injection I received was rabies vaccine or HRIG. If it was HRIG, I worry that I was supposed to receive a rabies vaccine afterwards and left before receiving it.

- A significant amount of blood came out after the injection, and I saw some liquid around the injection site. Could this mean that the vaccine leaked out and was ineffective?

- The nurse had problems with the syringe, and I worry that this could have affected the dose.

The situation has become particularly distressing because during my second rabies exposure, I was only given two shots because the clinicians considered me fully immunised as at the time, I had told them that I had previously received four rabies vaccines, and this was subsequently included in my vaccination record. However, I have recently started doubting whether I actually received four vaccines, because I now wonder whether the injection at the London hospital may have been HRIG rather than a vaccine. If that were the case, I worry that my original vaccination schedule may not have been valid.

My main question is:
If I had left the London hospital without receiving the rabies vaccine I was supposed to receive that day, would the NHS hospital normally have noticed this and contacted me or otherwise followed up with me?

I have read the FAQ.

edit: i know a VACCINE is what is mixed with powder before giving it, but i’m also imagining she had activated it beforehand and was waiting to give the vaccine after my first injection of HRIG but i left so i didn’t get the powder activated vaccine.

Hello. Before uploading edits i’m trying to check if they’re ok for people with epilepsy and i’ve downloaded PEAT, but can’t scan my videos due it asking something called an avi format, when mine aren’t that.

The app capture feature just captures a black screen and so i’m very confused on what to do now.

Any advice?

I put my finger in a fish tank in uk with months old dirty water, mold from fish food and heater on continuously, and then a min later put the same wet finger up my nose deep.

it’s been 24hrs, and i feel worse. I don’t know how to calm down. I’ve stopped googling, but now i have panic attacks every 3 hours.

I know uk doesn’t have any cases as tap water is safe because levels are low, but never 0 and unfortunately the hot tank, with still water and organisms and fish food given daily without cleaning it etc could increase levels to a dangerous amount making my case much worse than getting uk tap water deep in nose.

How can i manage this anxiety?

Hello. everyone probably saw my previous post but i’ll summarise.

- fish tank in uk with months old dirty water, mold from fish food and heater on continously.
- put finger in the fish tank water and then immediately up my nose deep because i had a deep itch and was distracted

it’s been 24hrs, and i feel worse. I don’t know how to calm down. I’ve stopped googling, but now i have panic attacks every 3 hours. I know uk doesn’t have any cases as tap water is safe because levels are low, but never 0 and unfortunately the hot tank, with organisms and fish food given daily without cleaning it etc could increase levels to a dangerous amount.

How can i manage this anxiety?

Hello, I’m very new to London and previously lived somewhere where bats were much more common, so I’m not very familiar with how frequently they’re seen here.

Yesterday, I was walking in East London, in broad daylight when an animal with wings suddenly swooped down and made contact with the top of my head. I didn’t get a clear look at it, so I couldn’t tell what it was, and I’m not even certain whether it was a bat or anything else.

For people who live in London, is it unusual to see bats flying around during the day? Do they ever swoop close to people, or would something like this more likely have been a bird or another animal?

I’d mainly like to understand how common bats are in London and whether daytime encounters like this are something people regularly come across.

And would this encounter lead to someone in London being concerned about rabies.

Thanks!

edit: i forgot to mention i was standing underneath a TREE so it didn’t just swoop down from the sky whatever it was touched me while i walked past a tree!

We recently moved into this house, and there is a fish tank that had clearly been neglected for a long time. When we moved in, it contained extremely murky, greyish water that appeared not to have been cleaned. The feeding area at the top was also extremely dirty, with visible mold, green growth, and what looked like biofilm or algae. Apparently, the previous tenant would feed the fish through this opening and leave food residue behind without cleaning it. When we arrived, unfortunately all the fish were already dead. There was a large amount of old food and waste, and the water was so dark and murky that it was difficult to see through.

I don’t know whether this was due to the previous tenants or the condition in which the landlord left the tank, but it was incredibly upsetting to see. I also wonder whether the fish may have died because of overfeeding and the resulting poor water quality. When i asked, i was told the owner had fed them alot before moving out.
Yesterday, my dad had removed the dead fish but he was thinking about calling a professional to clean the tank so the dirty water was all still there.

Today, I wanted to check the temperature of the water, just cause of the heatwave i was curious, so I dipped my finger and dipped a paper towel into the water. I was distracted by a TV show and didn’t realise a minute later that I then used the same wet edge of the paper towel inside my nose because I felt an itch. I pushed it quite far up my nostril to clean my nose. I also used the
same finger. Disgusting, i know.

But now, this has made me extremely anxious about \*Naegleria fowleri\* the so-called “brain-eating amoeba.” I am particularly worried because the tank had previously been extremely dirty and murky, with stagnant water, algae/green growth, biofilm, and a lot of leftover food and waste. I know that the presence of these things does not necessarily mean *Naegleria fowleri* was present, but I am worried that the conditions could potentially have supported it.

The tank is indoors in London, downstairs, covered, and receives no direct sunlight. As far as I know, it was filled using London tap water. But with the recent heatwave, im worried abt the very high temperatures also favouring growth and the fact that there did seem to be a heater so i wonder how often it was used? The water in the tank is also not filtered or circulated.

What is worrying me now is that I understand *Naegleria fowleri* would have to be **introduced** into the tank in the first place.

I know UK tap water getting into ur nose isn’t a major concern as it usually has a negligible amount of this amoeba but, if there had somehow been even a very small amount present in the original tap water, could the neglected conditions of the tank — particularly the stagnant water, old food, algae, biofilm, and waste — have allowed it to **multiply substantially?** In other words, could the concentration in the tank have become significantly higher than what would normally be expected from accidentally getting ordinary London tap water up the nose, potentially making this exposure much more risky?

I am so incredibly stressed, and obviously this isn’t major enough to go to A&E so i’m just at home googling. I wasn’t concerned at first but after asking chatgpt it made me 100 times more concerned!

We recently moved into this house, and there is a fish tank that had clearly been neglected for a long time. When we moved in, it contained extremely murky, greyish water that appeared not to have been cleaned. The feeding area at the top was also extremely dirty, with visible mold, green growth, and what looked like biofilm or algae. Apparently, the previous tenant would feed the fish through this opening and leave food residue behind without cleaning it. When we arrived, unfortunately all the fish were already dead. There was a large amount of old food and waste, and the water was so dark and murky that it was difficult to see through.

I don’t know whether this was due to the previous tenants or the condition in which the landlord left the tank, but it was incredibly upsetting to see. I also wonder whether the fish may have died because of overfeeding and the resulting poor water quality. When i asked, i was told the owner had fed them alot before moving out.
Yesterday, my dad had removed the dead fish but he was thinking about calling a professional to clean the tank so the dirty water was all still there.

Today, I wanted to check the temperature of the water, just cause of the heatwave i was curious, so I dipped my finger and dipped a paper towel into the water. I was distracted by a TV show and didn’t realise a minute later that I then used the same wet edge of the paper towel inside my nose because I felt an itch. I pushed it quite far up my nostril to clean my nose. I also used the
same finger. Disgusting, i know.

But now, this has made me extremely anxious about \*Naegleria fowleri\* the so-called “brain-eating amoeba.” I am particularly worried because the tank had previously been extremely dirty and murky, with stagnant water, algae/green growth, biofilm, and a lot of leftover food and waste. I know that the presence of these things does not necessarily mean *Naegleria fowleri* was present, but I am worried that the conditions could potentially have supported it.

The tank is indoors in London, downstairs, covered, and receives no direct sunlight. As far as I know, it was filled using London tap water. But with the recent heatwave, im worried abt the very high temperatures also favouring growth and the fact that there did seem to be a heater so i wonder how often it was used? The water in the tank is also not filtered or circulated.

What is worrying me now is that I understand *Naegleria fowleri* would have to be **introduced** into the tank in the first place.

I know UK tap water getting into ur nose isn’t a major concern as it usually has a negligible amount of this amoeba but, if there had somehow been even a very small amount present in the original tap water, could the neglected conditions of the tank — particularly the stagnant water, old food, algae, biofilm, and waste — have allowed it to **multiply substantially?** In other words, could the concentration in the tank have become significantly higher than what would normally be expected from accidentally getting ordinary London tap water up the nose, potentially making this exposure much more risky?

I am so incredibly stressed, and obviously this isn’t major enough to go to A&E so i’m just at home googling. I wasn’t concerned at first but after asking chatgpt it made me 100 times more concerned!

We recently moved into this house, and there is a fish tank that had clearly been neglected for a long time. When we moved in, it contained extremely murky, greyish water that appeared not to have been cleaned. The feeding area at the top was also extremely dirty, with visible mold, green growth, and what looked like biofilm or algae. Apparently, the previous tenant would feed the fish through this opening and leave food residue behind without cleaning it. When we arrived, unfortunately all the fish were already dead. There was a large amount of old food and waste, and the water was so dark and murky that it was difficult to see through.

I don’t know whether this was due to the previous tenants or the condition in which the landlord left the tank, but it was incredibly upsetting to see. I also wonder whether the fish may have died because of overfeeding and the resulting poor water quality. When i asked, i was told the owner had fed them alot before moving out.
Yesterday, my dad had removed the dead fish but he was thinking about calling a professional to clean the tank so the dirty water was all still there.

Today, I wanted to check the temperature of the water, just cause of the heatwave i was curious, so I dipped my finger and dipped a paper towel into the water. I was distracted by a TV show and didn’t realise a minute later that I then used the same wet edge of the paper towel inside my nose because I felt an itch. I pushed it quite far up my nostril to clean my nose. I also used the
same finger. Disgusting, i know.

But now, this has made me extremely anxious about \*Naegleria fowleri\* the so-called “brain-eating amoeba.” I am particularly worried because the tank had previously been extremely dirty and murky, with stagnant water, algae/green growth, biofilm, and a lot of leftover food and waste. I know that the presence of these things does not necessarily mean *Naegleria fowleri* was present, but I am worried that the conditions could potentially have supported it.

The tank is indoors in London, downstairs, covered, and receives no direct sunlight. As far as I know, it was filled using London tap water. But with the recent heatwave, im worried abt the very high temperatures also favouring growth and the fact that there did seem to be a heater so i wonder how often it was used? The water in the tank is also not filtered or circulated.

What is worrying me now is that I understand *Naegleria fowleri* would have to be **introduced** into the tank in the first place.

I know UK tap water getting into ur nose isn’t a major concern as it usually has a negligible amount of this amoeba but, if there had somehow been even a very small amount present in the original tap water, could the neglected conditions of the tank — particularly the stagnant water, old food, algae, biofilm, and waste — have allowed it to **multiply substantially?** In other words, could the concentration in the tank have become significantly higher than what would normally be expected from accidentally getting ordinary London tap water up the nose, potentially making this exposure much more risky?

I am so incredibly stressed, and obviously this isn’t major enough to go to A&E so i’m just at home googling. I wasn’t concerned at first but after asking chatgpt it made me 100 times more concerned!

We recently moved into this house, and there is a fish tank that had clearly been neglected for a long time. When we moved in, it contained extremely murky, greyish water that appeared not to have been cleaned. The feeding area at the top was also extremely dirty, with visible mold, green growth, and what looked like biofilm or algae. Apparently, the previous tenant would feed the fish through this opening and leave food residue behind without cleaning it. When we arrived, unfortunately all the fish were already dead. There was a large amount of old food and waste, and the water was so dark and murky that it was difficult to see through.

I don’t know whether this was due to the previous tenants or the condition in which the landlord left the tank, but it was incredibly upsetting to see. I also wonder whether the fish may have died because of overfeeding and the resulting poor water quality. When i asked, i was told the owner had fed them alot before moving out.

Yesterday, my dad had removed the dead fish but he was thinking about calling a professional to clean the tank so the dirty water was all still there.

Today, I wanted to check the temperature of the water, just cause of the heatwave i was curious, so I dipped my finger and dipped a paper towel into the water. I was distracted by a TV show and didn’t realise a minute later that I then used the same wet edge of the paper towel inside my nose because I felt an itch. I pushed it quite far up my nostril to clean my nose. I also used the
same finger. Disgusting, i know.

But now, this has made me extremely anxious about Naegleria fowleri the so-called “brain-eating amoeba.” I am particularly worried because the tank had previously been extremely dirty and murky, with stagnant water, algae/green growth, biofilm, and a lot of leftover food and waste. I know that the presence of these things does not necessarily mean Naegleria fowleri was present, but I am worried that the conditions could potentially have supported it.

The tank is indoors in London, downstairs, covered, and receives no direct sunlight. As far as I know, it was filled using London tap water. But with the recent heatwave, im worried abt the very high temperatures also favouring growth and the fact that there did seem to be a heater so i wonder how often it was used? The water in the tank is also not filtered or circulated.

What is worrying me now is that I understand Naegleria fowleri would have to be introduced into the tank in the first place.

I know UK tap water getting into ur nose isn’t a major concern as it usually has a negligible amount of this amoeba but, if there had somehow been even a very small amount present in the original tap water, could the neglected conditions of the tank — particularly the stagnant water, old food, algae, biofilm, and waste — have allowed it to multiply substantially? In other words, could the concentration in the tank have become significantly higher than what would normally be expected from accidentally getting ordinary London tap water up the nose, potentially making this exposure much more risky?

I am so incredibly stressed, and obviously this isn’t major enough to go to A&E so i’m just at home googling. I wasn’t concerned at first but after asking chatgpt it made me 100 times more concerned!

I recently moved into this house, and there is a fish tank that had clearly been neglected for a long time. When we moved in, it contained extremely murky, greyish water that appeared not to have been cleaned. The feeding area at the top was also extremely dirty, with visible mold, green growth, and what looked like biofilm or algae. Apparently, the previous tenant would feed the fish through this opening and leave food residue behind without cleaning it. When we arrived, unfortunately all the fish were already dead. There was a large amount of old food and waste, and the water was so dark and murky that it was difficult to see through.

I don’t know whether this was due to the previous tenants or the condition in which the landlord left the tank, but it was incredibly upsetting to see. I also wonder whether the fish may have died because of overfeeding and the resulting poor water quality. When i asked, i was told the owner had fed them alot before moving out.

Yesterday, my dad had removed the dead fish but he was thinking about calling a professional to clean the tank so the dirty water was all still there.

Today, I wanted to check the temperature of the water, just cause of the heatwave i was curious, so I dipped my finger and dipped a paper towel into the water. I was distracted by a TV show and didn’t realise a minute later that I then used the same wet edge of the paper towel inside my nose because I felt an itch. I pushed it quite far up my nostril to clean my nose. I also used the
same finger. Disgusting, i know.

But now, this has made me extremely anxious about Naegleria fowleri the so-called “brain-eating amoeba.” I am particularly worried because the tank had previously been extremely dirty and murky, with stagnant water, algae/green growth, biofilm, and a lot of leftover food and waste. I know that the presence of these things does not necessarily mean Naegleria fowleri was present, but I am worried that the conditions could potentially have supported it.

The tank is indoors in London, downstairs, covered, and receives no direct sunlight. As far as I know, it was filled using London tap water. But with the recent heatwave, im worried abt the very high temperatures also favouring growth and the fact that there did seem to be a heater so i wonder how often it was used? The water in the tank is also not filtered or circulated.

What is worrying me now is that I understand Naegleria fowleri would have to be introduced into the tank in the first place.

I know UK tap water getting into ur nose isn’t a major concern as it usually has a negligible amount of this amoeba but, if there had somehow been even a very small amount present in the original tap water, could the neglected conditions of the tank — particularly the stagnant water, old food, algae, biofilm, and waste — have allowed it to multiply substantially In other words, could the concentration in the tank have become significantly higher than what would normally be expected from accidentally getting ordinary London tap water up the nose, potentially making this exposure much more risky?

I am so incredibly stressed, and obviously this isn’t major enough to go to A&E so i’m just at home googling. I wasn’t concerned at first but after asking chatgpt it made me 100 times more concerned.

We recently moved into this house, and there is a fish tank that had clearly been neglected for a long time. When we moved in, it contained extremely murky, greyish water that appeared not to have been cleaned. The feeding area at the top was also extremely dirty, with visible mold, green growth, and what looked like biofilm or algae. Apparently, the previous tenant would feed the fish through this opening and leave food residue behind without cleaning it. When we arrived, unfortunately all the fish were already dead. There was a large amount of old food and waste, and the water was so dark and murky that it was difficult to see through.

I don’t know whether this was due to the previous tenants or the condition in which the landlord left the tank, but it was incredibly upsetting to see. I also wonder whether the fish may have died because of overfeeding and the resulting poor water quality. When i asked, i was told the owner had fed them alot before moving out.

Yesterday, my dad had removed the dead fish but he was thinking about calling a professional to clean the tank so the dirty water was all still there.

Today, I wanted to check the temperature of the water, just cause of the heatwave i was curious, so I dipped my finger and dipped a paper towel into the water. I was distracted by a TV show and didn’t realise a minute later that I then used the same wet edge of the paper towel inside my nose because I felt an itch. I pushed it quite far up my nostril to clean my nose. I also used the
same finger. Disgusting, i know.

But now, this has made me extremely anxious about Naegleria fowleri the so-called “brain-eating amoeba.” I am particularly worried because the tank had previously been extremely dirty and murky, with stagnant water, algae/green growth, biofilm, and a lot of leftover food and waste. I know that the presence of these things does not necessarily mean Naegleria fowleri was present, but I am worried that the conditions could potentially have supported it.

The tank is indoors in London, downstairs, covered, and receives no direct sunlight. As far as I know, it was filled using London tap water. But with the recent heatwave, im worried abt the very high temperatures also favouring growth and the fact that there did seem to be a heater so i wonder how often it was used? The water in the tank is also not filtered or circulated.

What is worrying me now is that I understand Naegleria fowleri would have to be introduced into the tank in the first place.

I know UK tap water getting into ur nose isn’t a major concern as it usually has a negligible amount of this amoeba but, if there had somehow been even a very small amount present in the original tap water, could the neglected conditions of the tank — particularly the stagnant water, old food, algae, biofilm, and waste — have allowed it to multiply substantially? In other words, could the concentration in the tank have become significantly higher than what would normally be expected from accidentally getting ordinary London tap water up the nose, potentially making this exposure much more risky?

I am so incredibly stressed, and obviously this isn’t major enough to go to A&E so i’m just at home googling. I wasn’t concerned at first but after asking chatgpt it made me 100 times more concerned!

We recently moved into this house, and there is a fish tank that had clearly been neglected for a long time. When we moved in, it contained extremely murky, greyish water that appeared not to have been cleaned. The feeding area at the top was also extremely dirty, with visible mold, green growth, and what looked like biofilm or algae. Apparently, the previous tenant would feed the fish through this opening and leave food residue behind without cleaning it. When we arrived, unfortunately all the fish were already dead. There was a large amount of old food and waste, and the water was so dark and murky that it was difficult to see through.

I don’t know whether this was due to the previous tenants or the condition in which the landlord left the tank, but it was incredibly upsetting to see. I also wonder whether the fish may have died because of overfeeding and the resulting poor water quality. When i asked, i was told the owner had fed them alot before moving out.
Yesterday, my dad had removed the dead fish but he was thinking about calling a professional to clean the tank so the dirty water was all still there.

Today, I wanted to check the temperature of the water, just cause of the heatwave i was curious, so I dipped my finger and dipped a paper towel into the water. I was distracted by a TV show and didn’t realise a minute later that I then used the same wet edge of the paper towel inside my nose because I felt an itch. I pushed it quite far up my nostril to clean my nose. I also used the
same finger. Disgusting, i know.

But now, this has made me extremely anxious about Naegleria fowleri the so-called “brain-eating amoeba.” I am particularly worried because the tank had previously been extremely dirty and murky, with stagnant water, algae/green growth, biofilm, and a lot of leftover food and waste. I know that the presence of these things does not necessarily mean Naegleria fowleri was present, but I am worried that the conditions could potentially have supported it.

The tank is indoors in London, downstairs, covered, and receives no direct sunlight. As far as I know, it was filled using London tap water. But with the recent heatwave, im worried abt the very high temperatures also favouring growth and the fact that there did seem to be a heater so i wonder how often it was used? The water in the tank is also not filtered or circulated.

What is worrying me now is that I understand Naegleria fowleri would have to be introduced into the tank in the first place.

I know UK tap water getting into ur nose isn’t a major concern as it usually has a negligible amount of this amoeba but, if there had somehow been even a very small amount present in the original tap water, could the neglected conditions of the tank — particularly the stagnant water, old food, algae, biofilm, and waste — have allowed it to multiply substantially? In other words, could the concentration in the tank have become significantly higher than what would normally be expected from accidentally getting ordinary London tap water up the nose, potentially making this exposure much more risky?

I am so incredibly stressed, and obviously this isn’t major enough to go to A&E so i’m just at home googling. I wasn’t concerned at first but after asking chatgpt it made me 100 times more concerned!

We recently moved into this house, and there is a fish tank that had clearly been neglected for a long time. When we moved in, it contained extremely murky, greyish water that appeared not to have been cleaned. The feeding area at the top was also extremely dirty, with visible mold, green growth, and what looked like biofilm or algae. Apparently, the previous tenant would feed the fish through this opening and leave food residue behind without cleaning it. When we arrived, unfortunately all the fish were already dead. There was a large amount of old food and waste, and the water was so dark and murky that it was difficult to see through.

I don’t know whether this was due to the previous tenants or the condition in which the landlord left the tank, but it was incredibly upsetting to see. I also wonder whether the fish may have died because of overfeeding and the resulting poor water quality. When i asked, i was told the owner had fed them alot before moving out.

Yesterday, my dad had removed the dead fish but he was thinking about calling a professional to clean the tank so the dirty water was all still there.

Today, I wanted to check the temperature of the water, just cause of the heatwave i was curious, so I dipped my finger and dipped a paper towel into the water. I was distracted by a TV show and didn’t realise a minute later that I then used the same wet edge of the paper towel inside my nose because I felt an itch. I pushed it quite far up my nostril to clean my nose. I also used the
same finger. Disgusting, i know.

But now, this has made me extremely anxious about Naegleria fowleri the so-called “brain-eating amoeba.” I am particularly worried because the tank had previously been extremely dirty and murky, with stagnant water, algae/green growth, biofilm, and a lot of leftover food and waste. I know that the presence of these things does not necessarily mean Naegleria fowleri was present, but I am worried that the conditions could potentially have supported it.

The tank is indoors in London, downstairs, covered, and receives no direct sunlight. As far as I know, it was filled using London tap water. But with the recent heatwave, im worried abt the very high temperatures also favouring growth and the fact that there did seem to be a heater so i wonder how often it was used? The water in the tank is also not filtered or circulated.

What is worrying me now is that I understand Naegleria fowleri would have to be introduced into the tank in the first place.

I know UK tap water getting into ur nose isn’t a major concern as it usually has a negligible amount of this amoeba but, if there had somehow been even a very small amount present in the original tap water, could the neglected conditions of the tank — particularly the stagnant water, old food, algae, biofilm, and waste — have allowed it to multiply substantially? In other words, could the concentration in the tank have become significantly higher than what would normally be expected from accidentally getting ordinary London tap water up the nose, potentially making this exposure much more risky?

I am so incredibly stressed, and obviously this isn’t major enough to go to A&E so i’m just at home googling. I wasn’t concerned at first but after asking chatgpt it made me 100 times more concerned!

Hello.

In march, when i was exposed to rabies i did not want to go through a hospital and deal with doctors and i read somewhere that both pre and post exposure shots are the same thing so i decided to go through a travel clinic
and just pay for rabies pre exposure shots as i thought it would be the same thing.

What i did was:

day 0 IM pre exposure shot
day 3 IM pre exposure shot
day 7 IM or ID pre exposure shot (not sure abt method)

but then at this point i realised it would be wiser to get post exposure treatment and so i finished my treatment with:

day 22 IM post exposure shot
day 26 IM post exposure shot

but now, i am beginning to doubt this.

guidelines say:
Fully immunised individuals are those who have received at least 3 documented doses of rabies vaccine (on at least 2 separate days either as a primary pre-exposure prophylaxis course or as part of a previous post-exposure treatment course), or documented rabies virus neutralising antibody (VNA) titres of at least 0.5 IU/mL.

i have had 3 documented doses BUT neither were part of a primary pre exposure or post exposure course as i was just following dates that i googled.

It is also a mixture of IM and ID and both rabipur and verorab, which may have effected efficiency. I assume PrEP and PEP have different volume and methods too.

Now, i just want to know whether for future exposures i would be considered fully immune and need 2 shots, or i would need 4 shots as my schedule was not a a regular course.

If you ignore the labels and methods my schedule was: 0,3,7,22, and an extra on day 26 which i thought was the appropriate PEP course in the UK.

I have read the FAQ.