What STDs can be contracted?
Unfortunately, many sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) can be transmitted anytime you are having sex with a new partner. Having sex with a prostitute has little to do with it. Sex can expose you to syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, HPV (genital warts), hepatitis, HIV (AIDS), nongonococcal urethritis, parasitic infections, and molluscum contagiosum. Not to mention crab lice and scabies. Fortunately, several of these are only minor irritations, and others can be easily cured as long as you see a doctor when you initially have symptoms.