Guessing the plantar warts are from not wearing flip flops in the locker room or other indoor areas. I think the chlorine in the pool itself will kill the viruses that cause warts.
But walking around barefoot in a locker room is a sure fire recipe for plantar warts.
And athleteās foot.
Yeah I was a dumb kid. We wore shoes into the locker room but once we changed into our swimwear we would walk barefoot to the pool and after practice we would shower barefoot.
And yes I also got athletes foot and jock itch too (I guess from touching my feet before touching my sack)
I ended up with toenail fungus and had to take Lamisil for 8 weeks to get that to clear up
I got athletes foot again in college but I never walked around barefoot except in my own room. I had flip flops I wore specifically into the shower. I actually even started pissing on my feet in the shower because I read online that soldiers in the trenches would do it to treat athletes foot. (Now a days I preemptively use spray on powdered anti fungal powder)
Could this all have all been prevented with flip flops?
I am traumatized by my history with plantar warts, but it was definitely from walking barefoot on a surface.
(Had to suffocate the warts in duct tape and dig the root out with a knife regardless. Bloody, painful, horrible stuff).
The short answer is yes. Less physical contact with contaminated surfaces.
I mean when you swim in the ocean you are swimming in fish peeā¦ just saying:)
And poop. FISH POOP
And the rotting corpses of millions of animalsā¦
Very likely.
That said, it would be pretty annoying to wear flip flops in your dorm room. I never did thatā¦ I trusted that it was appropriately sanitized when I moved in and did not wear my shoes in the room and my roommates didnāt either.
But if your roommate has athletes foot or plantar warts then youāre sunk.
Just properly wash and dry your damn feet and youāll be fine. Too many (straight) guys think just letting the soapy water run down their body for 30 seconds is enough to get them clean. Water splashes off the floor and gets on your flip flops too. Wash your feet with soap, dry them promptly when you get to your locker. Itās not rocket science.
Eh, that isnāt always sufficient in my experience.
I want to have a bench installed in my shower so I can sit down and wash my feet instead of standing around like a stork and risk breaking my hip a few years down the line
Edit: but yes I was very much guilty of never picking my feet off the shower floor and washing my feet in my youth
While true, I would say that itās necessary.
Iād agree with that.
Maybe I just got lucky but I swam from age 8 through all of high school and never got plantar warts or athletes foot or anything of the like
mdpi.c om/2073-4441/13/23/3401 (you have to remove the space to follow the link, sorry mods)
According to the study above you have slightly better than 50/50 chances of avoiding plantar warts as an age group swimmer
I got plantar warts so you wouldnāt have to!!!
The study also indicates about 10% of swimmers got warts on their skin (Molluscum contagiosum) which sounds way grosser
Swimming is inherently a dirty sport. Water that touches someoneās asshole is going to whizz right by my face if we are sharing a lane.
when the college team shared that they regularly swallowed lots of pool water and also that they routinely peed in that same water, that was telling to me.
The weather has cooled down some, but I still wanna swim in your pool and get likkered up!!!
ur doing it rong