Can STIs and UTIs be spread by sitting on a 'toilet seat'? Know the answer from the expert

If you are sitting on an infected toilet seat, be careful that you do not have any wounds on your body in which STI bacteria can enter.

Sexually transmitted infection (STI) is a disease that spreads from one person to another through sexual intercourse. This infection usually spreads due to oral, vaginal and anal intercourse. But can you also become a victim of this infection due to the toilet seat? Many people have expressed concern about the fact that if a person suffering from STI uses the toilet, can the infection spread to another person through the toilet seat? Let's know about this...

Actually sexually transmitted infection cannot spread to another person through toilet seat. This is because these infections are usually viral or bacterial, which cannot survive for long in the environment. This is the reason that the possibility of coming in contact with this infection through the toilet seat is very less. However, here you must take care of one thing. If you are sitting on an infected toilet seat, be careful that you do not have any wounds on your body in which STI bacteria can enter. If any such wound is on your body, which comes in contact with the bacteria present on the toilet seat, then there is a possibility that you may be a victim of STI.

Can you get a UTI from the toilet seat?

While using the toilet, our urethra does not come in contact with the toilet seat. That's why there is no risk of spreading urinary tract infection ie UTI due to toilet seat. But if your urethra comes in contact with the toilet seat for any reason, then the chances of getting hit by UTI may increase. According to health experts, STIs and UTIs can spread through toilet seats, but the chances of this happening are very less. STI bacteria need a favorable environment for them to survive. If they do not get this environment, then they cannot survive for long. 

How to protect yourself from STI and UTI?

You can adopt some measures to keep yourself safe from STI and UTI, such as:- 

1. Use condom and dental dam during sexual intercourse.

2. Maintain the cleanliness of the private part.

3. Change your underwear daily.

4. Do not share injection like tattoo needle with anyone else.

5. Get vaccinated for HPV and Hep B.

6. Don't make physical relations with more than one person.

Disclaimer: Before following the methods, methods and suggestions mentioned in this article, do take the advice of a doctor or a related expert.