What are the STDs

How is HIV transmitted? HIV can be transmitted when blood, semen (including pre-seminal fluid or pre-cum), vaginal fluids, or breast milk from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected person. HIV must get into the bloodstream or…

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Some common STDs are chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, syphilis, herpes, and HPV (genital warts). Sometimes STDs are called “VD”. You can get an STD if you have sex (ANY kind of sex – vaginal, anal or oral) without a condom wi…

http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/aids/facts/helpful_resources/stds_hiv.htm#std

An STD is a sexually transmitted disease.

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Related Questions Answered on Y!Answers

stds??????

Q: how do i prevent stds?and what are the symptoms?or signs?????

A: make sure to use condoms EVERY SINGLE time you have sex with a other partner….it’s that EZ.

Is it possible to contract STDs even if you and your partner are both virgins?

Q: I’m 15, and my boyfriend and I are interested in getting sexually active. We’ve agreed on condoms for protection, and we’re both virgins. Just out of pure curiosity, is it possible to contract any STDs when not wearing condoms even if you were both virgins and tested negative for STDs? Answering this question will NOT affect my decision in using condoms as protection during sex.

A: Well it seems extremely unlikely, the only way obviously is if one of you was infected with something somehow.If you’re both virgins, you’ve both been tested, and you’re using new never used condoms (I would hope that’s common sense, but just in case…) then you’ve nothing to worry about.

What are some others ways of getting Pelvic Inflammatory Disease other than STDs?

Q: This is rather hard to talk about, but I just recently got diagnosed with P.I.D. The doctor told me its most commonly caused by STDs, but the problem is, I already was tested for STDs not long back, and all was well, so now i’m curious what else could have caused it?Also, if there are any women here who have had it, what is the likely hood of becoming infertile?

A: PID can develop from bacterial vaginosis. That is a drop in the vagina’s organisms that are suppost to be there and an increase in the bad ones that are also there. When this happens the organisms spread and cause PID. Since I got PID before I was ever sexually active that is what the doctors told me. The doctors told me after that happened that I would have a very hard, if at all, time getting pregant but I now have two children so I guess they were wrong. Hope this helps