It's wise for women to take extra precaution when coming into contact with scat, because urinary tract and vaginal infections are commonly caused by the bacteria present in fecal matter. Using condoms and dental dams can also help to prevent transmission. This might mean refraining from licking of the anus (known as rimming) or using a dam or plastic wrap to cover the anus, and making sure the any objects that are inserted in the anus are kept away from the mouth until it has been properly cleaned.

The best way to prevent infection is to make sure there is no direct oral/orifice and fecal contact. If one's mouth, nose, or any orifice or open cuts or sores touches something that has had contact with the feces (such as kissing an unwashed hand after using the bathroom), then it is possible for s/he to become infected as well. All three types of infections can occur even without eating any scat. Relapses may also occur six months to a year after the first symptoms show up.

Symptoms of hepatitis A are very similar to the ones listed for the bacterial infections, and may also include jaundice, itchiness in parts of the body, and may cause enzymes in the liver to reach critical levels in the body. There are very few cases of hepatitis E in the United States, but almost half a million people contract hepatitis A every year (though not always through scat play). The viruses hepatitis A and E may also be transmitted through contact with fecal matter. These bacteria, along with parasites like amoebas and giardia, can cause severe diarrhea, abdominal pain and cramping, bloody stools, fever, nausea and vomiting. coli are four bacteria commonly present in fecal matter. Shigella, campylobacter, salmonella, and E. This does not mean that eating feces is necessarily poisonous, but it can make you very sick. Although playing with someone's scat is generally regarded as safe if proper protection is used (think latex gloves, plastic wrap, dental dams, washing with soap before and after sex), eating someone else's scat can greatly increase one's risk of parasitic, bacterial, and viral infections. Scat is another term for feces, and scat sex or scat play refers to using scat in sexual activities. For those who have never heard of it before, coprophagia, or the practice of eating your own or another person's feces, may give new meaning to the term 'sexual appetite.' Coprophagia is often a component of the wider term coprophilia, which refers to getting sexual pleasure from the excretion of human feces, whether it's from its smell, touch, taste or sight.

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