Chioma (by SMS)
Many people consider toilet seats to be public enemy No. 1 — the playground for organisms responsible for many infections especially in women including STDs like Chlamydia or Gonorrhoea. However, it has been confirmed that the toilet seat is not a common vehicle for transmitting infections to humans. Many disease-causing organisms can survive for only a short time on the surface of the seat, and for an infection to occur, the germs would have to be transferred from the toilet seat to your urethral or genital tract, or through a cut or sore on the buttocks or thighs, which is possible but very unlikely. Yes, there can be plenty of bugs lying in wait in public restrooms, including both familiar and unfamiliar suspects like streptococcus, staphylococcus, E. coli among others, if your immune system is healthy, and if you adopt simple hygienic measures like hand washing, you should be able to neutralise most of the germs you may encounter and perhaps put your “germ-phobia” to rest. In addition, it is advisable to always flush the toilet before sitting on it or dropping some tissue paper in the toilet to avoid splashing contaminated liquid on yourself. Women are also advised to clean up with tissue paper after urinating and to change their under wears regularly.
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