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Re: periods less then 28 days From: Joseph Pastorek, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net) Thu, 30 Apr 1998 06:13:07 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: periods less then 28 days" Previous message: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: periods less then 28 days" Maybe in reply to: Ronna: "periods less then 28 days" Next in thread: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: periods less then 28 days" Received: (from anonymous@obgyn.net) by talk.obgyn.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA21310 for WOMENS-HEALTH@OBGYN.net; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 06:23:20 -0500 Message-Id: <199804301123.GAA21310@talk.obgyn.net> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 06:23:20 -0500 (CDT) Errors-To: postmaster@obgyn.net Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Joseph Pastorek, MD) To: anonymous@obgyn.net In-Reply-To: <199804300740.CAA19250@talk.obgyn.net> X-Original-Sender: 172-31-32.ipt.aol.com @ 152.172.31.32 Subject: Re: An embarassingly silly question... but nevertheless! At Thu, 30 Apr 1998, rachael wrote: > >This is just a query I have that came to mind as my partner and I were >enjoying a "private spa" at our local hot pool complex last night - is >it possible for sperm to live in water??? For example, could you fall >pregnant (or worse, catch a STD) from water from a spa pool, etc that >another couple have had sex in??? I know that sperm can only exist in >certain enviroments, but wouldn't warm water be an ideal environment??? >Hope you can answer this for me! > >Thanks! Rachael, Sperm are actually pretty fragile and need lots of special conditions to work right. So getting pregnant from sperm in a spa (where the water is usually chlorinated anyway) would be scientifically impossible. However, there ARE reports of hardy things like herpes simplex living on spa surfaces. So SOME STDs would theoretically be capable of infecting someone in a spa environment. I might add, however, that HIV is NOT one of them (thank God!). Dr. Joe -- ************************************************* doctorjoe@aol.com "All things are connected. Joseph Pastorek, MD Some things are just more 4816 Wade Drive connected than others." Metairie, LA 70003-2716 - Dirk Gently U.S.A. FAX (504) 885-8206 co-editor: Medscape Women's Health http://www.medscape.com Louisiana state representative: OBGYN.net http://www.obgyn.net see http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/pastorek.htm ************************************************* Next message: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: periods less then 28 days" Previous message: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: periods less then 28 days" Maybe in reply to: Ronna: "periods less then 28 days" Next in thread: Joseph Pastorek, MD: "Re: periods less then 28 days"

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