Possible to get STD from a hottub?

citygirl · 09-27-2005, 11:07 AM

Is it possible to pick up an STD from being in a hottub? If there was a person in the hottub prior to you and they had an STD and were in the hottub naked, couldn't it be transmitted to others?

txduo2000 · 09-27-2005, 11:10 AM

Most STDs are viruses...and most viruses can not live long outside the body.

I would think it would be very unlikely to catch an STD from a hot tub, but bacteria does thrive in a hot tub, so I would think that open wounds could get infected that way.

Might be a good research project unless someone here is otherwise an expert.

graygo98 · 09-27-2005, 02:24 PM

The attached article from Wikipedia covers the main forms of STDs (and explains the difference between and STI (eg, HIV infection) and STD (e.g., AIDS). It also has lots of links if you want to find out more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuall...tted_infection

Most of the really familiar names on the list are caused by bacterial infection and are relatively easily cured. The viral ones, like herpes or AIDS, can be treated but not currently cured. (I am not sure if this is true of all viral STDs??)

It doesn't answer you question directly, but I'd say that the previous post is right.... not much of a chance. The real problem with Hot Tubs is that cum floats about until it catches in your hair.... as romantic as it sounds, I assure you.

BodyScape02 · 09-27-2005, 03:47 PM

Blah... human soup.... aaakkkkk

warkman · 09-27-2005, 04:37 PM

I think a properly maintained/sanitized tub is not likely to allow much in the way of anything (bacterial or viral) to survive. I wouldn't worry much unless not much care is given to sanitation of the spa. Of course, unless it's your spa, how do you know??

Vespertine · 09-27-2005, 06:38 PM

I will not set a foot in a hot tub unless I know the owner and I know the owner is a fanatic about cleaning it.

I know too many women (myself included) that got bacterial infections from them.

txduo2000 · 09-27-2005, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vespertine

I will not set a foot in a hot tub unless I know the owner and I know the owner is a fanatic about cleaning it.

I know too many women (myself included) that got bacterial infections from them.

Not a hot tub fan, myself. Generally not a fan of sitting in a tub of warm water of any kind. Don't even take a bath unless I shower afterward. Most definitely do not like to sit in a tub of any kind with people I do not, or barely know.

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09-27-2005, 11:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
citygirl Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 Location: midwest	Possible to get STD from a hottub? Is it possible to pick up an STD from being in a hottub? If there was a person in the hottub prior to you and they had an STD and were in the hottub naked, couldn't it be transmitted to others?

09-27-2005, 11:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
txduo2000 Swingers Board Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 662 Location: Dallas TX Area Status: Couple	Re: Sex in the hottub Most STDs are viruses...and most viruses can not live long outside the body. I would think it would be very unlikely to catch an STD from a hot tub, but bacteria does thrive in a hot tub, so I would think that open wounds could get infected that way. Might be a good research project unless someone here is otherwise an expert. __________________ Life is not measured by how many breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.

09-27-2005, 02:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
graygo98 Swingers Board Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 381 Location: Toronto Status: Couple	Re: Sex in the hottub The attached article from Wikipedia covers the main forms of STDs (and explains the difference between and STI (eg, HIV infection) and STD (e.g., AIDS). It also has lots of links if you want to find out more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexuall...tted_infection Most of the really familiar names on the list are caused by bacterial infection and are relatively easily cured. The viral ones, like herpes or AIDS, can be treated but not currently cured. (I am not sure if this is true of all viral STDs??) It doesn't answer you question directly, but I'd say that the previous post is right.... not much of a chance. The real problem with Hot Tubs is that cum floats about until it catches in your hair.... as romantic as it sounds, I assure you.

09-27-2005, 03:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
BodyScape02 Swingers Board Addict Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 556 Location: off the board	Re: Sex in the hottub Blah... human soup.... aaakkkkk

09-27-2005, 04:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
warkman Swingers Board Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 291 Location: US Status: Couple	Re: Sex in the hottub I think a properly maintained/sanitized tub is not likely to allow much in the way of anything (bacterial or viral) to survive. I wouldn't worry much unless not much care is given to sanitation of the spa. Of course, unless it's your spa, how do you know??

09-27-2005, 06:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Vespertine Swingers Board Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,688 Location: Shangri La Status: Happily Married	Re: Sex in the hottub I will not set a foot in a hot tub unless I know the owner and I know the owner is a fanatic about cleaning it. I know too many women (myself included) that got bacterial infections from them. __________________ Ves The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.

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