What are the chances of getting an infectious disease from shaking hands?

　　Shaking hands is contagious sexually transmitted diseases ? Sexually transmitted diseases are highly contagious disease , many people are infected through contact with people with sexually transmitted diseases. The transmission of sexually transmitted diseases is not only through sexual contact, but also through other ways. Let's introduce the ways through which sexually transmitted diseases are transmitted. I hope to attract everyone's attention and prevent the occurrence of STDs in time.

　　Infected through indirect contact:

　　Since there are a large number of gonorrhea in the urogenital secretions of gonorrhea patients, infection may also occur if the patient has close contact with the patient or uses clothes, bedding, towels, bath towels and other items contaminated by the secretions. In addition, contaminated examination instruments used by medical staff or lax aseptic procedures may lead to infection. A small number of people may even infect themselves, such as through hand-secretions- Eye route, causing gonococcal ophthalmia.

　　Infection through direct sexual contact:

　　More than 95% of adults are infected with gonorrhea through unclean sexual intercourse. According to statistics, if you have one-time sexual intercourse with a gonorrhea patient or gonococcal carrier, the chance of the other person being infected with gonorrhea is: male About 20-30%, female About 70-90%. The chance of getting gonorrhea also increases with the number of sexual partners. A small number of people may become infected by kissing, touching, or hugging someone with an STD. The chance of infection through brief contact such as shaking hands is very small.

　　Infection through direct contact with the birth canal:

　　women with gonorrhea Uterus There are a large number of gonococci in the neck and vagina, which can cause neonatal gonococcal ophthalmia infection during delivery. Failure to treat it in time can lead to blindness.

　　It can be seen that there are many ways of transmission of STDs. The chance of contracting infectious diseases by shaking hands is very small, but don’t ignore it. If you want to know more about STDs, you can consult experts online, or check out other STD content introduced on this site.