What kind of disease can be transmitted if the hand is broken and touches the toilet water?

Study on the risk of microbial aerosol infections caused by toilet flushing.

J. Barker1 and Jones

Department of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, UK.

Objective: To measure the concentration of aerosols formed during flushing of the germs discharged into the toilet bowl during dysentery.

Methodology and conclusions:

The water in the water seal and the inner wall of the toilet bowl were contaminated with semi-solid agar carrying Cynella marcescens and MS2 virus to mimic the bacteria that are discharged into the toilet bowl when a person suffers from acute dysentery. The number of bacteria and viruses in the toilet wall and in the air of the toilet before and after flushing was measured using bacterial plate counting and air sampling. When after the first flush, the number of microorganisms on the inner wall of the toilet bowl decreased by 2 3 orders of magnitude, the concentration of bacteria in the air rose to 1370 CFU m-3, and the concentration of viruses rose to 2420 PFU m-3.

Although the number of microorganisms produced by the second flush was smaller, it also led to an increase and spread of microorganisms in the air. Microorganisms that adhere to the inner wall of the toilet bowl or in the water can form bacterial aerosols in the same way.

Conclusion: Although the first flush reduces the concentration of microorganisms in the seal, a large number of microorganisms adhering to the inner wall of the toilet bowl will still diffuse into the air through further flushing.

Implications and implications of the study:

Many people ignore the risk of the spread of microbial aerosols generated during toilet flushing, and it is the spread of such microorganisms that can lead to the adhesion of indoor objects and thus cause contact infections through this surface-hand-mouth pathway. Many enteroviruses are able to remain suspended in the air after flushing the toilet bowl and cause illness by breathing and swallowing. The study also found that closing the toilet seat did not prevent the spread of microbial aerosols, and several studies showed that even when the toilet lid was closed, the cyclone generated by the toilet flush still spread from the gap into the air, and the amount of diffusion was not much lower than that of not closing the lid.

It is recommended that you go to a number of hospitals, their special wards are equipped with toilets that can quickly cover fecal foam, I clearly remember the name of this toilet is Koch toilet, well, it can magically foam, there is no smell, the nurse said that it is specially used to prevent the spread of fecal bacteria. So, ask them if they have such a ward.

Generally, no, you'd better take some anti-inflammatory pills.

It's too expensive, it's contagious.