im not sure what to think. I have heard so many different things about std's. i heard that you can contract certain kinds of std's from sitting on public toilets. Is this true? if it is, which ones?
2006-08-02 17:44:57 · 11 answers · asked by Shayan 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
It is estimated that as many as 75 percent of the reproductive-age population has been infected with one or more types of genital HPV and up to 5.5 million new infections occur each year.
You probably have it already.
How is HPV spread?
HPV is spread by skin-to-skin contact with an HPV-infected area. Infections can be subclinical, meaning the virus lives in the skin without causing symptoms. This is why many people with HPV do not know they have it or that they could spread it. It can take weeks, months or years for genital warts to surface after sexual relations with an infected person.
Researchers already know that condoms don't always protect against the virus because warts can grow on areas of the genitals not covered by a latex barrier. A study in Great Britain, for example, found evidence that HPV may be transmitted from one's hands to a partner's genitals. Consequently, some lawmakers are pushing for better labeling of condoms so the public knows that no barrier contraceptive method can completely safeguard against the virus.
Researchers don't know whether people infected with genital HPV but who don't have symptoms are as contagious as people with symptoms. They also don't know how much HPV is transmitted through sexual contact versus skin-to-skin contact.
2006-08-02 17:48:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-31 15:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've read the ONLY STD you can get from a toilet seat is pubic lice (crabs) and even this is really rare. Some other sources I have read say you can't get pubic lice from a toilet.
http://std-gov.org/stds/crabs.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubic_lice#General_information
Most STDs don't live very long outside of the body, so they can't survive on a toilet seat, shower, towel, blanket, etc. Pubic lice can survive on blankets and towels, but that's about the only STD that can.
Also, HPV can be contracted by direct skin to skin contact, no sexual activity involved. If a person has genital warts and someone were to rub genital areas with that person (even if they didn't have sex) it is possible for that person to get HPV (which can cause genital warts). A person can also get it by holding hands or shaking hands with someone who has warts on their hands. So, yes, there are other ways other then sexual contact.
Check out this site for more information about how STDs are transmitted:
http://std-gov.org/stds/std.htm
2006-08-02 22:39:39 · answer #3 · answered by Alli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some could say it's linked to cheating but the bottom line is how you feel about your boyfriend and the trust you have. I'm sure you've done your homework so you know that you can have HPV for years and years without knowing it. Your boyfriend may have given it to you after getting it from a previous partner or if you had a previous partner before your boyfriend you could have got it from him. Of course when you get the diagnosis it makes you feel like hell and you question yourself as well as your current relationship. But if you know deep down that your boyfriend would not cheat it helps you to except the fact that these things happen and HPV is so so so common. Please don't feel bad about yourself, read up about it and you will feel a lot better.
2016-03-16 12:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
.Generally, STDs are not passed by coming in contact with a toilet seat. Most STDs are only transmitted during sexual contact, either by skin-to-skin contact or through body fluid exchange. Crabs, or pubic lice, may be transmitted through sexual contact, sleeping in infected bedding, sharing infected clothing and possibly through sitting on an infested toilet seat. However, lice cannot survive away from the human body for longer than 24 hours. So contracting pubic lice from a toilet seat is possible, but it's unlikely.
2006-08-02 17:47:28 · answer #5 · answered by illi23 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HPV is only through sexual skin-to-skin contact, but it should be noted the cervical dysplasia or the pre-cancerous cervical condition, is often thought to be only caused by HPV but can also be caused by low folic acid. Therefore, a positive pap smear for cervical dysplasia that does not lead to a diagnosis of HPV could be caused by low folic acid (and this is often found in vegetarians.)
2006-08-02 18:03:50 · answer #6 · answered by Rvn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
STD can be contracted only through direct only when there is a direct transfer of blood from the infected person.
Like Using others shaver, blood- during accidents, bleeding while having sex etc.
Indirect transfer of virus is not possible-- like biting of mosquito, eating or drinking together, using towels, clothes, towel etc of the infected person. As a matter of fact the infected person is more valunerable of catching other diseases when he/she uses other ones.
2006-08-02 18:03:06 · answer #7 · answered by romesh_model 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sex only. Public toilets, while often disgusting and harboring alot of disease spreading bacteria, cannot transmit STD's. Just be sure to check for cleanliness of the toilet surface (no blood from menstruation) and have a seat.
2006-08-02 17:50:35 · answer #8 · answered by The Nag 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-19 19:44:06 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you can not get hpv from a toilet seat..its only through sex..
2006-08-03 11:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by purple 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋