Medical Myths - Answer

6: You can catch a sexually transmitted disease (STD) from a toilet seat.

___ True ___ False ___ Who told you that?

ANSWER: False. Mary J. O'Sullivan, MD, vice chair for ob-gyn at the University of Miami, tells WebMD that the idea that you could get an STD from a toilet seat "sounds believable," but is highly unlikely. Hard surfaces such as toilet seats are not conducive to STDs. Incidentally, there is rumor that the toilet seat myth got started by men who wanted their wives to think a public restroom, not their mates' adulterous ways, had given them an STD