How To Protect Yourself From Sexually Transmitted Diseases






Sexually transmitted diseases or STDs are venereal diseases which occur when you have sexual contact or sexual intercourse with an infected person. In women, sexually transmitted diseases can lead to infertility, miscarriage, premature birth of the child or infection in the newborn baby.

Sexually transmitted diseases spread through transfer of body fluids like semen, vaginal secretions and blood. However, there are ways to protect yourself from STDs provided you know all the facts pertaining to sexually transmitted diseases.



a.    Avoid having multiple sex partners. You never know whether one of your sex partners has STD, and if he does, you will surely end up getting it.

b.    Sexually transmitted diseases are extremely contagious and even if you are in a monogamous relationship and your partner has STD from a previous relationship, there is 80 to 90 percent chance that you will get infected. Make sure your partner gets treated before having sex with him or her.

c.    You can also get sexually transmitted diseases through anal sex, and oral sex.

d.    A mother can pass on STD to her child during childbirth if she is infected with STD.

e.    Sexually transmitted diseases weaken the immune system and you are susceptible to catch other infections because of this.

f.     Many times STDs in women are misdiagnosed because the symptoms are not very clear. When this happens, a woman can easily end up infecting her partner.

g.    Lesbians are less likely to get STDs as sexually transmitted diseases are not easily spread from one woman to another.

            Bisexual men can contract STDs from their homosexual partner and pass it on to their heterosexual partner.





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