Help Me Pond Water Swallowed

**Dreamhope11** · 02-05-2008 08:21 PM

ok so i accidently swallowed some pond water when i fell in it, will it make me sick or worse?

**Merlock** · 02-05-2008 08:30 PM

The digestive tract isn't that slow...

If you're already dried up and sitting at the PC typing that, then I imagine everything is fine. Being sick and such generally happens quite soon after consuming something edible with harmful contents.

**Dreamhope11** · 02-05-2008 08:32 PM

but couldnt there be germs in it which are now multiplying and spreading as i speak

**Merlock** · 02-05-2008 08:36 PM

If there were, you'd have gotten some symptoms already.
But I'm no medic. I don't know what kind of viruses might be found in it, if any. How natural was the pond? Was there anything unnatural in it? (Waste, fumes from a busy city, etc.) What did the water taste like?

**Dreamhope11** · 02-05-2008 08:38 PM

it was from my back garden, its got about 24 fish in it, it tasted odd, i can't describe the taste.

**Merlock** · 02-05-2008 08:40 PM

Heh, well, unless your home pets (mammal pets) happen to do their business into the pond or some such, I imagine you'll be safe.

Besides, the point is, until you get some symptoms, you won't know if anything is wrong anyway. So just be positive and focus on the fact that you aren't feeling sick, or else the nerves may very well actually make you ill to an extent.

**Ailos** · 02-05-2008 09:02 PM

You'll be fine. People used to drink things far worse regularly not too long ago, and they were usually fine. The main things you should worry about contracting would be salmonela if there's poultry near by, or e.coli if you have animals that may have defacated in the water (which is really unlikely).

Chances are, if the fish are alive, you will be do. Fish are far more delicate to disease than humans are. They 'breathe' in the water itself.

**b12** · 02-06-2008 09:17 AM

A pond's ecosystem is much different than your body. The organisms won't survive due to stomach acids, pH level, etc, etc

**erik212** · 02-07-2008 06:39 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giardia

I'd look out...

**Mes Tarrant** · 02-07-2008 07:04 AM

Even if water is really clear and tastes really good, it can still have some fatal (if untreated) bacteria in it. Typical symptoms are intense vomiting and diarrhea. If any of this happens within the next couple of days, go to the emergency room.

Having said that though, you're probably fine.

**Grod** · 02-08-2008 11:49 PM

Someone do an ip check on orkan.

**FreeOne** · 02-09-2008 12:12 AM

haha i think its funny that you came to dv before you went to a doctor.

you'll be fine. just watch for any symptoms the next couple of days just in case.

**Goldney** · 02-09-2008 12:24 AM

Yeah, you'll be fine. It'll take a lot more than some pond water to kill you.

I dislike this idea that all water that doesn't come out of a tap is going to instantly harm you*. Humans have been drinking fresh water for centuries or even millenia. Why the sudden stigmatism.

*Although pond water probably isn't great for you I admit