Getting STDs from public bathrooms?

[FAST6191]

I am tempted to link up some clips from that wetlands film I saw a while back but that would probably be less not safe for work as much as breaking the whole concept. Did amuse though.

That said if a tomato or something upsets my delicate constitution, I get the "rumble rumble rumble" 30 second warning, instant rugby player transformation and thus I am compelled to use a public toilet it would never have even occurred to me to use a cover (not that I have ever seen such a thing in this country) or hover or anything. Arse down, knees up, hope I don't end up with Johnny Cash* playing in my head and hope I had the forethought to pick a place with some vaguely pleasant means to clean up afterwards.

*save others a search

and have a favourite cover of it while I am linking things up


Anyway it was time for science.
Starting with a search of toilet seat transmission vector
First result
"Are toilet seats a vector for transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965062/

In summary, MRSA can be cultured from toilet seats in a children's hospital despite rigorous daily cleaning. This represents a potential risk to patients who may acquire it by fomite transmission from colonized persons, and represents a potential reservoir for community acquisition. Use of alcohol wipes kills bacteria present on the seats prior to use, and generally decreases the mean daily bacterial load on toilets where wipes are made available. Although this study does not positively implicate toilet seats in the transmission of MRSA, something which should be studied further, it provides support for our policy of providing alcohol wipes in patient bathrooms. We are now examining alternative methods, such as liquids or foams that can be dispensed onto toilet paper for cleaning before use.

It should be noted however that the study was concerned with the implications for immunocompromised individuals, and for a particularly virulent class of infections with limited treatment options even in healthy patients.

A book result titled Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Women
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...age&q=toilet seat transmission vector&f=false
It mentioned that viable samples were found for a given infection in a small, though clinically significant samples that remained viable for some 45 minutes. It does however go on to say that recorded instances of transmission via this are absent.

Further clicking dismissed it as a vector for crab lice and Gonorrhea as well, though http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/neisseria-gon-eng.php says transmission by fomites (which would include toilet seats, though is certainly not limited to them) is rare.

Absence of proof is not proof of absence but it appears some went looking, did what appear to me to be reasonable controls and groundwork test and came back with nothing. Amusingly page 4 of the search came back with this thread.

 

[ploggy]

The only way to get an STD from a Public Toilet is to sit down before the other Guy gets up

 

[The Real Jdbye]

wow really?
i didn't knew that, time to search more .-.

Be careful what you search for, searches like that often end with very graphic images

 

[Deleted member 408979]

well it would depend.

Lets say someone with AIDS jacked off in that very bathroom.

He doesn't know he has it.

He leaves without cleaning (which is incredibly unlikely) and you touch all the jizz with your dick/ lick the jizz (but why would you?)

Thats how you would get it.

 

[DinohScene]

well it would depend.

Lets say someone with AIDS jacked off in that very bathroom.

He doesn't know he has it.

He leaves without cleaning (which is incredibly unlikely) and you touch all the jizz with your dick/ lick the jizz (but why would you?)

Thats how you would get it.

That's false.
HIV virus doesn't live for long out in the open air.

 

[Deleted-355425]

Unless someone gets balls deep in you in the toilet i wouldn't worry about this sort of thing.

 

[Deleted member 408979]

That's false.
HIV virus doesn't live for long out in the open air.

Really?

Well in that case the chance of you getting HIV in a public bathroom is even lower! so dont worry :v

But what if you enter right after he leaves?

 

[DinohScene]

Really?

Well in that case the chance of you getting HIV in a public bathroom is even lower! so dont worry :v

But what if you enter right after he leaves?

You're a fucking idiot for licking a lavatory bowl.
Seriously.

 

[Deleted member 408979]

True

(not even im that stupid to do that its just a scenario)

 

[DinohScene]

True

(not even im that stupid to do that its just a scenario)

Anyone with a bit of common sense wouldn't lick a public lavatory.

Also, the HIV virus spreads most efficiently via blood contact.
And or penetrating sexual contact.

 

[Deleted-355425]

I read somewhere phones, keyboards and bins carry way more germs and bacteria then a toilet does.

 

[DinohScene]

I read somewhere phones, keyboards and bins carry way more germs and bacteria then a toilet does.

They do.
Actually, a common kitchen sponge carries the most bacteria.
Next to money and keyboards.

Bins are surprisingly clean tho, the bin itself, not the contents in the binliner ;p

 

[Wiisel]

Finding a cubicle that actually has paper should be your main concern.

 

[RevPokemon]

It depends what you're doing in public bathrooms.

I am Larry Craiging my junk....

 

[Deleted User]

Thank you FAST6191 for taking the time to answer my question properly. As for everyone else, this thread is fucking funny.

 

[vinstage]

Doubt they'd exist if it was true.

 

[GhostLatte]

I already have herpes so I don't have worry.

I'm fairly certain that you don't have to worry about catching STDs from a public restroom.

 

[dAVID_]

You can get HPV from skin to skin contact.

Edit: it could also take a long time before it starts showing symptoms.

Yeah but only through blood contact. Just imagine if it was that easy getting AIDS...

 

[Dionicio3]

This is technically possible, just pretty rare, always clean the seat before use

 

[Vipera]

To everyone with an STD that has just read this thread: this does NOT mean you can still piss while leaving the toilet seat down. Have some decency.