Health Forums  

Go Back   Health Forums > Health Diseases > Infectious Diseases

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Can we get any infectious disease from a toilet seat ?
Old
  (#1 (permalink))
Junior Member
 
shark's Avatar
 
Offline
Posts: 13
Join Date: Jan 2009
Default Can we get any infectious disease from a toilet seat ? - 01-07-2009, 08:49 PM

I want to put this question to rest once and for all. I know we can get crabs but that is not a disease.
   
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old
  (#2 (permalink))
Junior Member
 
Offline
Posts: 19
Join Date: Feb 2009
Default 02-10-2009, 08:37 AM

Crabs dont live on toilet seats. Also to get an infection from a toilet seat you would most likely have to have some break in the skin. I suppose a skin infection is possible but very very unlikely. sexually transmitted disease require sexual contact, either oral , vaginal or anal, an exchange of fluids of some sort. Theoreticaly Hepatitis A is possible as its a fecal to oral mode of transmision but that is why we all wash our hands right? when is the last time you heard of a toilet seat outbreak of anything?
   
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#3 (permalink))
ros_0123
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default 02-15-2009, 09:51 PM

Not sure, but here is an intresting fact, did you know that your steering wheel in your car contains more nasty germs then your toliet set, and Also if you bit your nails its equivalent to licking your toilet set.
   
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#4 (permalink))
craftyjem719
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default 03-17-2009, 03:49 PM

there's not much you can catch from a toilet seat as far as infection goes, but you can get crabs, which isn't fun either
   
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#5 (permalink))
Tammy27
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default 04-04-2009, 02:25 PM

Yes...use a seat cover in public restrooms/squat down.
   
Reply With Quote
Old
  (#6 (permalink))
sonyack
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default 06-07-2009, 11:40 PM

It is usually said that this is an old wives'tale.However, a while back I read an article, maybe it was Time?, entitled"Your mother was right,"and this article discussed the work of an expert who went round to all kinds of toilets looking for germs.He found plenty. Toilets, not just but especially public toilets, are chock full of germs and viruses, and so is the air around them, especially when you flush them.So whereas it is not usual to get some kind of disease from them, it sure is possible.But not crabs. Crabs are an animal, a type of louse, they don't like surfaces like toilet seats, they like hair and skin and clothing and won't leave it. They don't fall off.
   
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes



Similar Threads for: Can we get any infectious disease from a toilet seat ?
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
What does an infectious disease doctor do? Live in Loveā™„ Infectious Diseases 3 12-30-2008 05:31 AM
What is a really grose infectious disease? Ross D Infectious Diseases 2 12-14-2008 09:28 AM