Doctor gives urgent warning against the daily bathroom habit that can lead to illness and infection

A doctor has warned about sharing towels with members of your family, and reveals that it can lead to infection and illness.

Dr. Hussain Ahmad, who works for Click2Pharmacy based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, said that the moisture of the shared towel can cause fungi to grow.

If a person has an infection, such as the foot of the athlete, it can easily spread over the household and let others get infected.

Spend against MetroDr. Ahmad added that sharing towels ‘may seem harmless’, but can lead to infections ‘easily passed on’.

‘Even things like cold sores or warts can be transferred in this way, although that is less common.

‘The worst that could happen is that you pass on an infection that continues to bounce between the two of you, or ultimately needs treatment.

“Fungal infections between toes or in the groin area are common with shared towels.”

A furious woman recently went to the anonymous British parenting forum Mumnet To sky about how her partner had used her pink bath towel after a shower.

Dr. Hussain Ahmad said that the humidity of the shared towel actually ensures that fungi grow

A furious woman recently went on the anonymous British parenting forum mumnet to sky about how her partner had used her pink bath towel after a shower

She wrote: ‘Am I unreasonable to think that my husband should use his own towel while showering/bathing? I have told him so often to use his own towel.

“He just doesn’t seem to get it. I only changed the towels this weekend and now he used both of us, so I have to get a clean towel tomorrow morning! ‘

The woman then asked other mumsters if she was unreasonable because she got angry with her husband – but many admitted that sharing towels is normal in their household.

One person wrote: ‘We have common towels. I don’t care who uses it in the family as long as it is hung afterwards. ‘

Another written: “Good after 40 years of sharing towel and having taken nothing, I have assessed the risk of rating and happy to continue!”

A third said: ‘Well, I never realized that people in a family household had their own towels. We just shared towels. Are we the weird? ‘

The NHS Also warns against people who use the same towel – especially if one person is sick and feels under the weather, because germs can easily spread to healthy individuals.

However, others could not believe that people used each other’s towels and stood on the woman’s side.

The woman then asked other mumsters if she was unreasonable because she got angry with her husband – but many admitted that sharing towels is normal in their household

However, others could not believe that people used each other’s towels and stood by the woman

They wrote: ‘That would really annoy me because it is not difficult to just reach to your own towel, right?

‘My husband washes his hands in our bathroom and instead of using the supplied towel uses my large bath towel that is hung on the bathroom door.

“If I use my towel, it always has a lot of wet spots!”

Another written: ‘That would irritate me too.

“Keep your towel somewhere else or just get a different towel for yourself when you shower.”

A third said: ‘I would rather walk naked to the air cupboard and drip off the shower than my [partner’s] towel!! And I would hate it if he used mine. You’re not [being unreasonable] Not at all. ‘

A fourth comment: ‘I discovered this about my [husband] Also and was shocked. I have a head towel and a hair towel. I don’t use the hair towel on my body and feel that it is ‘clean’ – I have caught [my husband] This means that means and very thorough drying. ‘