Whats the connection between HIV and other STDs?
Ans: When someone is diagnosed with one STD, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend testing for other STDs as well. The risk behavior that allowed transmission of one STD may also put a person at risk for others. STDs may also make a person more vulnerable to contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, since some STDs like herpes and syphilis may create sores that cause breaks in the skin. These breaks in the skin can let infected body fluids enter the body, increasing the risk of transmission. Healthy skin may act as a protective barrier to these fluids.
