Will I get sick if I use hotel towels?

When we stay in a hotel, although everything inside will be cleaned, after all, it has been used by many people, especially towels, which are closest to our skin. Some people worry about getting sick when using these things. After all, many diseases are spread through public items. So, will you get sick if you use hotel towels? Let’s take a closer look.

Sleeping in direct contact with the sheets or naked

I recently had a patient who was fat and felt uncomfortable wearing pants, so he liked to sleep naked or on his stomach. When he was on a business trip to a hotel in the county, he contracted gonorrhea. This example proves that the probability of this happening does exist, although the risk is not high.

Use hotel bath towels and towels

If you do not bring your own towel for showering on a business trip, and use the hotel's towel or bath towel instead, the towel or bath towel itself may not be clean enough, which may lead to the spread of disease.

I also had a patient who did not take a bath in a hotel but in a public bathhouse. The conditions were poor and the bath workers shared several bath towels, which led to his groin being infected with genital warts.

Although some common skin diseases and even some sexually transmitted diseases can be transmitted through these forms, and although the overall risk and efficiency of the transmission of these diseases are indeed not high, we should still pay attention to them.

Three tips for staying in a hotel:

●Try to bring your own towel when going out, especially the one for wiping your body and taking a shower.

●Try not to sleep naked or on your stomach. It is best to wear underwear and pajamas to keep a certain distance from the sheets and blankets. This may have a better effect and a lower risk of contracting diseases.

●Do not wear public non-disposable slippers.