Unexpected ways men get STDs

Many office workers are sometimes sent on business trips. When they go on business trips, most of them stay in hotels or inns. Those with better conditions stay in better hotels, while those with average conditions can only stay in guesthouses. At this time, these people on business trips will definitely have questions, what is the probability of contracting sexually transmitted diseases when staying in a hotel? When staying in a hotel, what safety issues must we pay attention to but are often overlooked?

What is the chance of contracting a STD while staying in a hotel?

Experts say that STDs are like common infectious diseases. There are three conditions for getting the disease: the source of infection, the route of transmission, and the susceptible population. STDs are acquired through sexual contact between healthy people and people with STDs. "In addition to sexual contact, indirect contact can also transmit STDs, but the probability is very small, almost less than 5%." In addition to direct sexual contact and indirect contact, STDs can also be transmitted through blood. According to statistics, more than 90% of STDs are directly transmitted through sexual intercourse.

A doctor told reporters: "There are patients in the clinic who said that they often travel on business and got STDs from unclean bed sheets and towels, but when asked again, they all had a history of unclean sexual contact. It can be said that the probability of contracting STDs from staying in a hotel is lower than winning 5 million in the lottery."

There are three ways to spread STDs in hotels: using bed sheets, bath towels, toilets, and bathtubs. STD viruses and bacteria are excreted by STD patients and remain on bed sheets, bath towels, toilets, or bathtubs.

Will healthy people get STDs if they come into contact with these things?

In fact, most STD viruses and bacteria have low survival ability outside the body. After leaving the human body, their vitality will decrease and most of them will die immediately. Even if they are not dead, the pathogens can only enter the human body if they happen to touch a break in the skin.

Even if a small amount of viruses and bacteria enter the human body, if the human body's immunity is normal, it will not cause infection, and these pathogenic substances will be immediately killed by the human immune system.

"Take genital warts for example. It takes 10 to the 4th to 5th power of viruses to cause infection. If the patient excretes body fluids on the bed sheets or toilet, most of the viruses will die within 15 to 20 minutes, and only a very small number will survive. The place where the human body comes into contact with body fluids must have a break for the virus to enter. And the number of surviving viruses is very small, not enough to cause infection." said the expert.

If you use a bathtub for a sitz bath, your genitals may be exposed to pathogenic substances, but the bathtub will also add a large amount of water, which will dilute the pathogenic substances. Even if they enter the human body, they will not be harmful.