A stomach-churning viral video has revealed the critical mistakes that men are making when they use the bathroom — exposing them to potentially harmful infections.
Splashback can cause unpleasant consequences, propelling particles of urine and feaces across the bathroom and high enough to land on your toothbrush, according to the clip, which has amassed 32million views on X.
However, taking aim at specific parts of the toilet bowel can reduce this splash.
The video explained how men going for a pee while standing usually ‘aim for four spots’.
While hitting the back of the toilet may seem like your best bet, it’s actually the ‘most destructive option’.
A viral video that’s been watched more than 30million times reveals the most hygienic way to use the bathroom.
The rebound splash can be up to 7,550 drops of urine, the video states, due to the force with which the liquid hits the porcelain.
If you are aiming for the middle of the toilet, the backsplash reduces to around 372 drops of urine.
The video went on to explain that urine particles can travel between 7.5 and 15cm high, though as they collide and spurt out into more drops, urine can travel as far as 91cm.
Debate has raged online as to whether men should stand or sit when going for a wee after X account ‘non aesthetic things’, posted the explainer.
‘Why men shouldn’t pee standing up,’ the video was captioned, beginning with a man using the toilet.
If there has recently been faeces in the toilet, this splashback could be sending urine droplets harbouring harmful E. coli bacteria across much of your bathroom landing on toothbrushes, toilet paper and even towels used after a shower.
Researchers suggest that sitting down could be the best way to go for men.
A 2023 YouGov survey concluded that blokes in Britain are not peeing in this supposedly effective, health-conscious way.
A third of men across the country said that they never pee sitting down, among the highest of all the countries surveyed.
While Germany saw 60 percent of men sitting down for a number one, compared with just 24 percent in Britain.
As well as being more hygienic, scientists have also said that it is better for your health.
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Dutch researchers at Leiden University Medical Centre found that sitting down could be beneficial by making it easier for the bladder to empty faster and more completely.
This is because when you stand, the muscles in your pelvis and spine are activated, which means it takes more effort to empty excess liquid from the body.
Peeing sitting down helps with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), which causes trouble urinating in older age.
Around 80 per cent of men in their 80s have the problem, research shows.
Despite this, YouGov survey found that men over 55 in Britain were most reluctant to sit down when peeing, with 40 per cent refusing.
‘BPH occurs due to a change in the hormonal environment within the prostate, mainly from the early 40s onwards,’ says Gerald Collins, a consultant urological surgeon at the Alexandra Hospital told the Telegraph.
‘You get an increase in a certain breakdown product of testosterone which causes the prostate to increase its cell development and size.
‘As a result of this, men start to find they can pee much better sitting down.’
