Thread: Infections?

Living in fear of developing herpes of the frickin' neck might not be rational if it's a low enough percentage. Living in fear of your wife, who believes you are risking giving her herpes of the neck because you have the wrong frickin' hobby, is ENTIRELY rational

Quote: Originally Posted by Mitlov Thanks everyone for the replies. One of the things that surprised me most about Griffin's comments was his mention of herpes transmission while rolling. This is a big concern to me, because while parasites and bacteria can be wiped out with proper medical care, herpes is for life. I thought herpes could only be transmitted through some type of oral and/or genital contact? How would you get it from BJJ?...

Note to self....avoid marriage.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mitlov herpes is for life. I thought that was a dog?

yeah but I don't think it's anywhere near common in BJJ. Not sure what the numbers would be... but I'm guessing BJJ is a fair bit different than wrestling in the amount of contact. In particular for the Gi sessions. For some reason when they mention wrestlers I just think of highschool and college team wrestling... which is generally done in singlets and seems to have a lot more skin to skin contact than does BJJ. You can come...

Quote: Originally Posted by Omicron Note to self....avoid marriage. Amen to that...

I had a few bad eye infections from mma, the sports centre we train at isn't great for clean mats. We now have our own place though and the mats are disinfected regularly. I wash with anti bac the tea tree shower gel now, I also use no water hand sanitiser when rolling with different people just to be safe.

I got an Impetigo infection a few years ago, but not in the gym I'm with now. I also had a boil on my leg just above the knee, which apparently is a very strange place to get one, and that has left a scar. I've also seen one or two bad staph infections. In Kokoro we sanitize the entire gym every week - heavy bags, all the pads, the mats, spare gear etc. I always sanitize my gloves every week too. The Velcro is a breading ground for...

you sluts!

I've been grappling for 4 years and never encountered a case here in the UK but I'm led to believe it's worse over in the U.S. and on the rise. In addiiton you have to remember that Griffin as a pro fighter is going to be doing a LOT more rolling than you're average Joe with a far wider range of people.