The truth about toilet disease

There has never been a documented case of an STD being transmitted by a toilet seat does little to dispel the discomfort that most people feel about using a public restroom. The possibility of contracting a disease from a toilet seat is theoretically possible,
but extremely unlikely

A study of 72 public toilets published in the “New England Journal of Medicine found no gonorrhoea on any public toilet seat. The author conclude that the toilet sit was not an important risk for gonorrhoea transmission. According to the centre for disease control and prevention syphilis cannot be transmitted by a toilet seat at all

Public rest rooms like all public places, present risk of infectious disease. But those risk are not from toilet sits. Surfaces you touch with your hands – the flush handle on the toilet, the water faucet handle on the sink, the doorknob on entering or exiting the restroom can be contaminated with germs

Here’s the thing: as long as you have a healthy immune system and you wash your hands after you use the bathroom, you should be fine. After all, if it were that easy to catch a serious disease from a toilet seat, we’d all be walking around with these diseases, right

Trust me toilets are not the number one thing you need to be worried about. If you are stressed over germs, make sure you stay hygienic – wash your hands after you go to the toilet and carry around hand sanitizer. And remember, in general the only time you should be worried about STD or STI is when you are having sex without condom