5 infections you can pick from toilet seat

Toilet seats are haven for germs.

The common germs found on toilet seats are bacteria, influenza, streptococcus, E.coli, hepatitis, staphylococcus, salmonella, shigella and norovirus.

As per several health reports, each square inch of a toilet seat carries more than 50 bacteria.

Read this article to find out the common infection you can get from a toilet seat and why you should be more careful while cleaning your own toilet.

One of the most places from which people get UTI is a toilet seat. Unclean toilet seat makes it extremely easy for the germs to get into your body. In UTI, the germs infect the bladder, urethra and sometimes even the kidneys.

This is an infection where there is excessive bacterial growth in the vagina. This imbalances vaginal health and is characterised by off white discharge which has a foul smell. Due to bacterial infection, there is excessive vaginal itching and irritation and this is accompanied by a burning feeling.

This is a medical emergency condition in which the prostate of men swells due to inflammation which is caused by bacterial infection. This infection is characterised by pain in the genitals, groin region and is accompanied with flue like symptoms.

There is a major risk of getting a sexually transmitted infection from an unclean toilet seat. This does not apply to public restrooms only, personal toilets which are not clean can cause STDs though the chances of transmission are very rare. STDs spread through skin to skin contact mostly.

An overgrowth of yeast in the vagina, mostly Candida albicans, can cause candidiasis in women. You are at a greater risk of this infection if you are using unclean toilet. Avoid wiping from back to front as the rectal area has more yeast and wiping this way can spread the pathogens.