Yes, as a teenager I got a rash on my legs which lasted a few weeks after sleeping over at a friend's house. When I finally went to the doctor, he diagnosed it as fungal in nature. I don't recall taking any particular treatments for it, and it eventually went away.
As an adult, I have had ringworm (fungus) from student teaching and wouldn't want to set up a situation where if someone visiting my house had it, it could be even more easily passed on. There are many other diseases that can be passed on through contact, not necessarily all skin-related: it's my understanding that MRSA (bacteria) is usually passed on through contact with people or surfaces, and again, washing sheets is such a simple precaution. I myself do have some resistant bacteria on my skin - everyone has bacteria colonizing their skin, mine happens to be somewhat resistant (though not MRSA specifically) due to past repeated courses of antibiotics for my skin condition (hidradenitis suppurativa, or HS), and simply washing sheets reduces the chance of those bacteria of mine ever getting to someone with a compromised immune system.
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Date: 2009-11-12 04:07 am (UTC)As an adult, I have had ringworm (fungus) from student teaching and wouldn't want to set up a situation where if someone visiting my house had it, it could be even more easily passed on. There are many other diseases that can be passed on through contact, not necessarily all skin-related: it's my understanding that MRSA (bacteria) is usually passed on through contact with people or surfaces, and again, washing sheets is such a simple precaution. I myself do have some resistant bacteria on my skin - everyone has bacteria colonizing their skin, mine happens to be somewhat resistant (though not MRSA specifically) due to past repeated courses of antibiotics for my skin condition (hidradenitis suppurativa, or HS), and simply washing sheets reduces the chance of those bacteria of mine ever getting to someone with a compromised immune system.