Triggering (SH): Infections

[Palmolive]

Hey.

I was just wondering can things like getting shampoo, bubble bath and shaving foam cause infections? Its not like I cant just not bath. I don't really know the causes of infections although I know I've had one from self harm before and had to be put on anti-biotics. Don'y know why I am asking, just curios.

Jessie

[volleyballchick751]

Anything that is considerd a foreign body (by your immune system) can cause infections, so I guess it could. I personally havn't had i happen. I would just be careful.

Infections are caused by a foreign body making it past the nonspecific lines of defense, then the inflammatory response is triggered which produces white blood cells to enter infected cells. Phagocytes a type of white blood cells are also released to engulf bacteria.

The only reason I know this is we just studied that in my bio class. And I looked some of it up in my textbook to double check. I hope it helped!

[Nostalgia]

not sure, i always thought that infections ment that they are not being kept clean ect. im not sure, maybe when you have a bath ect cover them with a plaster or something that is waterproof that way you can still bath ect and know that they are safe from infection.

[Bean]

Infections are usually caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi entering an open wound. The shampoo/shaving foam/bubble bath e.t.c won't cause an infection itself. However, it is unlikely your shampoo e.t.c is sterile, and may have a small number of microorganisms in that could cause an infection. That's unlikely though, in fact, you're probably better off using them, instead of avoiding them.