2007-03-22 02:24:53 · 8 answers · asked by doubtingthomas 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
No. It's just another myth.
You can NOT get genital herpes from a salon, a pool, jacuzzi, hot tub, bath tub, toilet seat, sink, chair, bedding and sheets, etc.
Genital herpes is almost ALWAYS spread by some sort of sexual contact. A person can contract herpes through childbirth but this is REALLY rare.
You can however contract cold sores (a form of herpes) from sharing a drink with someone. Cold sores are usually spread by kissing someone who has them, but they can also be spread by sharing a drink with someone who has them, sharing lip stick, chap stick, cigarettes, etc. Basically anything a person with cold sores has their lips on can spread to another person if they put their lips on it.
I have had genital herpes for 6 years. I lived with my parents and two younger brothers for most of those 6 years. NONE of them ever got genital herpes from me by using the toilet after me or swimming with me. I've also had several family members and boyfriends (now ex's) use the bathroom or go swimming with me and NONE of them ever contracted herpes from me.
2007-03-22 04:11:21 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If the swimming pool is properly chlorinated within the ranges set by the NSPI (National Swimming Pool Foundation) it is virtually impossible to contract anything from a swimming pool. The chlorine level should be between 2ppm - 4ppm. If the pool is a public facility, these pools are checked anywhere from 3 times a day to every hour depending on what state you live in. If it is a private pool, then it is up to the pool owner to maintain the correct levels.
Even if the chlorine levels were were not in the proper ranges, I would suspect that the only way you could possibly contract Herpes in a swimming pool was if you were having sex with an infected person while in the pool.
2007-03-24 12:33:21 · answer #2 · answered by bnodell915 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way. Unless someone is waxing your bikini line with their festering penis or scrotum.
They are testing a Herpes vaccine on college student volunteers, I noticed on a flyer the other day. Probably a matter of time before that nasty bug is wiped out.
2007-03-22 14:15:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well depends on what type of herpes you are referring to. There are 8 types. Although i cant cite a scientific document for evidence, I can assure you that no type of HHV is easily transmissible in chlorinated water if at all.
2007-03-22 02:43:35 · answer #4 · answered by bob b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-31 20:00:46 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOOOOOOOOOOOO the virus cant live for too long outside the body even if you sit on a toilet seat. you just can't it dies too quick, is skin to skin contact with the gushing open sore.
2007-03-22 15:17:06 · answer #6 · answered by thatswhoIam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ummm, that would be a big no. Herpes comes from sexual contact only or oral sex.
2007-03-22 13:19:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just another myth.
2007-03-22 07:46:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋