Can I get an infection from swamp or lake water?

If you washed in soap and water and used alcohol, chances are you killed anything that could possibly give you a skin infection. Unless you have open wounds, I wouldn't worry too much. If you did have open wounds, watch for signs of infection that include: pain, reddness & swelling, drainage. soap and water is the standard wound protocol for minor skin wounds as it kills 99% of all bacteria.

OH...thanks for saving the turtle! You probably scared the pee out of him!

OMG!! We kids swam in rivers and lakes all the time as kids and had a lot of fun. We even sucked the water into our mouth to squirt at eachother. And about 1/2 mile up the river was a dairy farm where cows drank from the river. Nothing ever happend to any of us. Is every one on this post a bunch of city sissys?!! How do you think people survived the millions of years before modern sanitation. Our bodies have resistance to this stuff. Are you all a bunch of germaphobics!!

It may have been water or urine. They urinate as self defense. You have done everything possible to disinfect yourself & I wouldn't get too worried. Make sure to wash & dry your clothes. A fever or reddening of the skin (which you have probably done w/the alcohol & scrubbing) would be signs of infections. Thank you for being a good Samaritan to the turtle.

As long as you have no open wounds on you leg u should be fine, but if u do and its itchy and maybe a little red get to a doc to get some antibiotics. But it was really nice of you to put the turtle back.

Any water which is not clean is a home for germs and backteria , also all kkind of cretures which is counted as a host , so you have to be carful and make sure that it is clean specially that lake water is counted as a sweeted water not as ocean and sea , the amount of sault there prevent these kind of things , so make sure THE WATER IS CLEAN

you can get an infection from this scenario u described, but it is not very likely unless you had some sort of skin breakage when you poured the water on yourself (like an open wound)

i would be more worried about getting bitten by the turtle!

susan

well, be it turtle pee or swamp water, I'd keep it out of open cuts or scrapes -

anyways, dude - check it out -

I used to move turtles, too.

yeah

see the lil' dude truckin his slowass way across the road

You figure, 'Not many cars, but this poor critter just may encounter his death on this roadway.'

Picked up every turtle I saw on blacktop.

No good, I guess.

They lose their way.

Yer cool, though... Major highway? Bridge?

Safe to say he was lost anyways :)

Good call.

Turtle karma's cool.

Time release.

I don't think so, usually only something like swimmers itch from swimming in a lake, which would be unlikely if you showered immediately after swimming, but you should be fine. See you doc if a rash or irritation develops. Good luck.

YES absolutely. There are endless microbs, bacteria germs and virus' If you have a cut or nick in your skin you could get an infection...

You seemed to have taken care of it well and pretty fast. I doubt you'll get an infection. I cant be 100% sure though.