When urinating in the public toilet, the moment it falls, it is easy to cause splashing and causing it to happen, and many people will worry: Will you get sick if such dirty water splashes on **
People come and go in public places, and you don't know if the people who have used this toilet before will have any diseases, if it is that kind of infectious disease, will bacteria and viruses fall with the splash of water and cause infection?
If I am splashed with water from the urinal of the public toilet, will I get STD?
It is undeniable that the water in the public toilet is indeed very dirty, after all, it carries the urine and urine of countless people every day, as well as some other unknown filth.
Although flushing can take away all these dirty things, it is only clean to the naked eye, and researchers have randomly sampled and cultured toilet water from public toilets, and the seemingly clean water contains more than 10 kinds of germs, including mold, gonorrhea, diplococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, etc.
Like some STD viruses (such as Treponema pallidum, gonococcus, HIV, etc.), they may also remain in the toilet along with human body fluids, such as blood, ** secretions, etc.
Theoretically, these bacteria and viruses may indeed splash with the toilet water, but this does not mean that you will be infected with STDs.
The main transmission routes of STDs are sexual contact, mother-to-child and blood-to-blood transmission, and the probability of extracorporeal transmission is very low, although it exists.
In general, there are 3 conditions that must be met for in vitro transmission of STV:
One is that there must be a live pathogen and there must be enough of them;
The second is that the wound has just been exposed to these pathogens;
The third is that you just happen to have low immunity;
But in fact, most of the pathogens of STDs have a short survival time, such as syphilis and gonorrhoea, which are difficult to survive after leaving the host, and HIV is basically inactive the moment it leaves the human body.
Genital warts may survive a little longer, and even if they survive, they must happen to have low immunity and have been exposed to a large amount of active virus on the mucous membranes or wounds when you go to the toilet to be infected.
This probability may be lower than the probability of winning the millions.
Moreover, don't underestimate your own immunity, even if a small amount of virus comes in, the immune system can clear it on its own.
Therefore, the possibility of contracting diseases through the splash of water from the urinal is not very high, so you don't need to worry too much.
If you are really worried, you can put a few pieces of paper towel on the water surface before going to the toilet, which can effectively avoid splashing.
Although the probability of contracting STDs in public toilets is very low, don't take it lightly, it is indeed a place of poor hygiene, and there are really many bacteria and viruses, so it is better to be careful.
As the saying goes, people have three urgencies, and when you go out, going to the toilet is the most procrastinating. At this time, the public toilet is where we have to go.
But in a hurry, the author advises you not to touch 4 things in public toilets, because they have more bacteria than you dare to imagine!
In addition, there are many things to pay attention to when going to the toilet, such as whether you should flush the water in the middle of the toiletWhich is more hygienic, squatting toilet or toilet sitting?Today is World Toilet Day, so let's learn about it together.
These 4 things have an unimaginable number of bacteria
Hand sanitizer in public toilets
The hand sanitizer on the public handwashing station may exceed the bacteria standard very seriously, CCTV Finance "Is it true" column has done a "public place hand sanitizer survey", the survey shows: some public places, including the capital airport,Hand sanitizer bacteria exceed the standard by 600 times!
With this hand sanitizer, not only does it get dirtier the more you wash, but it also increases the risk of bacteria infection for the user, especially for those with weakened immune systems, such as children, the elderly, and people with other medical conditions, as well as those with wounded wounds on their hands, which may increase the risk of pus infection, sepsis, bacteriotoxemia, and even life-threatening in severe cases.
Why do hand sanitizers in public toilets have severe bacterial exceedances?The reasons are manifold.
First, many hand sanitizers are filled in the later stage, and the container itself may rarely be cleaned and disinfected, and some microorganisms will be brought into the process of filling hand sanitizer, and some hand sanitizers will not be used up for a long time, and the disinfection and sterilization effects will be reduced, which will cause microorganisms to breed in hand sanitizers.
Second, hand sanitizer itself contains a large amount of nutrients, and after a long time, there will be foaming, oil-water separation and other phenomena, accelerating the speed of microbial reproduction.
Third, the hygienic conditions of some public toilets are not ideal, such as excessive bacteria in the air, and hand sanitizer and hand sanitizer containers will also be contaminated during use, providing an environment for microbial growth.
Recommendations:Rinse your hands directly with clean running water. You can also carry a few individually wrapped 75% alcohol-based disinfectant wipes with you instead of hand sanitizer.
Dryer in public toilets
The dryer is also something we often use in public toilets, and it is usually dirty as well.
The dryer "sucks" bacteria and viruses in the public toilet spaceThese include drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, norovirus, streptococcus, etc., which mainly come from feces, urine and vomit, which are "inhaled" into the dryer and then sprayed through the air stream onto freshly washed hands and mouth, nose and eyes.
Doorknobs and flush buttons for public restrooms
Public toilets are equipped with small doors in each bathroom, and the cubicles have flush buttons, and these doorknobs and flush buttons are also important places for contamination and germ transmission.
There are two reasons for this: 1. The doorknob and flushing button of the cubicle are very close to the toilet and the squatting pit, and the water mist that is sprayed into the air when flushing the toilet after going to the toilet contains pathogenic bacteria, so the doorknob and flushing button in the cubicle will definitely be contaminated with a lot.
2. Before and after everyone enters the compartment, they must touch the doorknob; After using the toilet, press the flush button as well. People may also have a lot of disease-causing bacteria on their hands. When one person touches it, the other touches it again, so that the doorknob and flush button also become a transit point for spreading germs.
Which is more hygienic, a public toilet squat pit or a toilet?
Take the toiletIs it contagious?
Nowadays, most of the public toilets in hotels and shopping malls use toilets. However, many people believe that using a squatting toilet will be cleaner and more hygienic than using a toilet. They feel that the toilet toilet does not come into direct contact with their buttocks and thighs**. The toilet seat has been sat on by many people, one is not clean, and the other is worried that it will transmit STDs.
So, which has more bacteria in a public toilet squat pit or toilet? Is it true that toilets are contagious STDs?
Squatting is a more hygienic way to use the toilet than a toilet sitting
First of all, it is certain that if only from a hygienic point of view,Squatting pits are definitely more hygienic than toiletsThe way to go to the toilet. The toilet will not come into contact with ** when squatting in the pit, so it is relatively safe.
However, when other factors such as age and physical condition are taken into account, some groups of people, such as children, the elderly, people with disabilities or frail bodies, are sometimes not suitable for using squatting pits.
Recommendations:If you must use the toilet, it is recommended that you first wipe the toilet seat with a 75% alcohol-based disinfectant tissue, or put disposable paper or toilet paper on the toilet seat (it is best to bring your own).
AnywayTry not to let the bare ** sit directly on the toilet seat.
Using a communal toilet does not generally transmit STDs
As for the question of whether the toilets in public toilets will spread STDs, the answer is basically not. Sexually transmitted diseases (gonorrhea, syphilis, genital warts, etc.) are called STDs because they are one categoryDiseases that must be transmitted by ** act or blood or from mother to child.
So far, there is no credible evidence that STDs can be transmitted from person to person through the mediation of toilets in public toiletsThis is because most of the pathogens that cause STDs cannot survive independently of the human body, and they die almost instantly when they come into the air.
Even the most survivable HPV virus, which causes genital warts and cervical cancer, needs to meet three conditions to spread through the gaskets of a public toilet:
1. There should be enough pathogens, and the toilet that one person sits on has just been sat on by a genital wart patient;
2. This person's ** must be damaged in the same position before the virus can get in;
3. The person's resistance should be low enough, such as suffering from some major diseases, or taking drugs that suppress the immune system for a long time.
It can be said that it is very difficult to meet all three conditions at the same time.
The human ** is a natural protective barrier, and it is difficult for the microorganisms in the public toilet to infect us by directly touching the ** on the buttocks and thighs.
Unless your hands touch these microorganisms, and you stuff your hands into the mouth, nose, eyes, **, etc.
Article**: Public Health and Preventive Medicine.