How do people get STDs?
They aren’t just transmitted through vaginal sex — these diseases can be spread from one person to another during anal or oral sex, too. Can you tell that people have an STD just by looking at them? People can become infected the first time they have unprotected sex and their sexual partners may not even know that they’re infected themselves. That’s because although some people with certain kinds of STDs (like genital warts and herpes) may have visible signs around the genitals, some may have few (as with chlamydia) or none at all (like with some types of HPV). How are STDs treated? Some STDs (like chlamydia and gonorrhea) can be cleared up with antibiotics, but some infections — like herpes and HIV — can be treated or managed with drugs but have no permanent cure yet. How can someone avoid getting an STD? The only sure way to remain STD-free is to not have sex or intimate contact with anyone outside of a committed, monogamous relationship, such as marriage. But anyone who’s having sex
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- If my partner has a history of herpes and genital warts and is not currently having an outbreak of either warts or herpes, can I contract either of the STDs from vaginal or anal intercourse?
- If my partner has a history of herpes and genital warts and is not currently having an outbreak of either warts or herpes, can I contract either of the STDs from oral sex?
- How do people get STDs?
