Crazytwice
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Joined: 11/28/2005 From: North of Boston Status: offline
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The vaginal maintains a normal flora, that is, a slightly acidic environment that is maintained by the presence of normal bacteria and serves to fight other bacteria should it be introduced. This normal flora is generally enough to fight off infection, but our bodies arent perfect. Many factors effect the state of the normal flora, such as your diet, your hygiene, your menstrual cycle, etc. So at times we are more susceptible to infection than other times. Urine, in theory, is sterile, but actually it's not. The minute it passes through the urethra it picks up any bacteria that is present on the skin surrounding the urethra. So, again, in theory, it would be OK to drink our own urine because we would be ingesting "our own germs", if you will, but to drink anothers would be exposing us to germs that our own bodies have not developed antibodies against. There is enough acid in the oral cavity and in the stomach to kill off most germs ( and I use the word "germ" to include viruses, bacteria, yeast spores, etc), but the environment in the vagina is, at best, only slightly acidic. So although it has some protection against the introduction of infection, it's not foolproof. I think it would be wise to avoid urination in the vaginal cavity. As a sidenote, if your partner is infected with a bloodborne disease, such as HIV, Hep B and C, these viruses are carried in all body fluids, some fluids having a higher ratio of infectious components than others. Urine has a fairly high ratio, meaning blood carries the highest and tears probably the least. As a nurse, I would want to avoid contact with urine on a cut or open sore on my hand, for example. The chance that I would be exposed to these pathogens would be somewhat remote, but the risk is there. So any open wound exposure to urine, including a cut on the lip or a sore on the gum, is risky behavior. I wouldn't drink urine unless I knew my partners health and hygiene status through and through. I wouldn't drink it anyway. That's just gross.
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