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Toilet water on my legs
Ok, so something disgusting happened and I did something pretty stupid to try to fix it. So I'm in the middle of a road trip when I suddenly have the urge to go to the bathroom (probably cause of all the coffee). By the time I finally get to a gas station bathroom, I go number 2 in my pants.
Now I try to wipe it off my legs (where most of it went) with toilet paper but some of it had dried. And there was a lot, it's a public bathroom, didn't want to keep going back and forth to the sink. In hindsight this was pretty stupid, but what I did was dip the toilet paper into the toilet water and used that to try to clean off the dried stuff on my legs (multiple times).
60-90 minutes later I finally get to a hotel and hop into the shower. I scrubbed my legs with soap 10 times each, and scrubbed other areas of my body that were affected multiple times as well. Am I still at risk?
Now I try to wipe it off my legs (where most of it went) with toilet paper but some of it had dried. And there was a lot, it's a public bathroom, didn't want to keep going back and forth to the sink. In hindsight this was pretty stupid, but what I did was dip the toilet paper into the toilet water and used that to try to clean off the dried stuff on my legs (multiple times).
60-90 minutes later I finally get to a hotel and hop into the shower. I scrubbed my legs with soap 10 times each, and scrubbed other areas of my body that were affected multiple times as well. Am I still at risk?
You could ask your doctor to check you out for cryptosporidium, Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B. All 3 can be caught from dirty water.
Tell your doctor when the episode took place and he will tell you when he will test you. This is because some diseases take many weeks to incubate in you before they will be seen on a blood test.
Tell your doctor when the episode took place and he will tell you when he will test you. This is because some diseases take many weeks to incubate in you before they will be seen on a blood test.
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