My interest in the hobby was recently rekindled, with a new fetish in hand to boot. However, I am somewhat unsure of the potential health risks involved with watersports. If anyone could enlighten me it would be appreciated.
Hi Gwynn
Water sports (golden showers) is when someone urinates on you. Working out the STI/HIV risk from this can be tricky as to my knowledge there has not been any studies looking at this as just a risk factor.
What we do know about urine is that generally it is sterile in a healthy individual. What we also know is that we are able to test for many STI in the urine such as gonorrhea, Chlamydia, herpes and other bacteria that can be sexually transmitted. This must mean that the STI get into the urine as it passes through your urethra (pee tube) and out the body.
Given this you must think that there is a chance of getting an STI if someone urinated on a mucous membrane e.g. eye, vagina etc… The risk from this is unknown, I don’t think the risk from this is high as we don’t really see many STI infections in the eye (In 10 years I saw one Chlamydia infection in the eye but this was from someone who got cum (semen) in their eye). Urinating on intact skin should not be a problem.
In regard to HIV and hepatitis B & C risk I had a look in our blood and bodily fluid exposure manual. In regard to urine it says it has not been implicated in the transmission of HIV, hepatitis B or C unless it contains visible blood.
In summary water sports is not seen as a likely way of getting an STI, but at the same time could be possible under certain conditions.
To really reduce the risk from this low risk activity I would recommend:
1. Just urinate (Pee) on unbroken skin, avoid mucous membranes e.g. eyes.
2. Regular STI checkup.
3. Get the hepatitis B vaccine.
HN
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