Safe Sex

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are spread by sexual contact involving the genitals, mouth or rectum, and can also be spread from a pregnant woman to her fetus before or during birth. Sexually transmitted diseases, which affect both men and women, are a public health concern around the world.
Although most STDs can be cured, others not, including HIV (which causes AIDS), genital herpes and human papilloma virus (HPV), which can cause genital warts.
STDs can be transmitted by people who do not know they are infected. Always use protection every time you have sex, including oral sex, until you are sure you and your partner are not infected with an STD.
If you are in a relationship, delay having sex until you're ready physically and emotionally, have agreed to only have sex with them, and have been tested for STDs.
Abstinence of prevention
Completely avoid sexual contact (abstinence), including intercourse or oral sex is the only way to prevent infection.
Discuss safe sex with your partner

Discuss STDs before having sex with someone. Despite a sexual partner has no symptoms of an STD, he or she will be infected.

Questions to ask someone before having sex include:
* How many people have you had sex?
* Have you had sex without a condom?
* Have you had oral sex without protection?
* Has more than one sexual partner at a time?
* Do you inject illegal drugs or have you had sex with someone who injects drugs?
* Have you ever had unprotected sex with a prostitute?
* Have you been tested for HIV? What were the results?
* Have you ever had an STD, including hepatitis B or hepatitis C? Has been treated?

Practice safe sex

Some STDs, like HIV, can take up to 6 months before they can be detected in the blood.
Genital herpes and human papilloma virus (HPV) infection can be spread when symptoms are not present. Even if you and your partner have been tested, use condoms for all sex until you and your partner have not had sex with another person for 6 months. Then test again.

• Watch out for symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases, such as unusual, discharge,sores,redness, or growths in your partner and your genital area or pain when urinating.
• No more than one sexual partner at a time. The safest sex is with a partner who has sex only with you. Each time you add a new sexual partner, who are exposed to all the diseases that all its members may have. The risk of an STD increases if you have multiple sexual partners at the same time.
• Use a condom every time you have sex. A condom is the best way to protect yourselves from sexually transmitted diseases. Latex and polyurethane condoms do not let the virus pass through, which offer good protection against sexually transmitted diseases. Condoms made from sheep intestines do not protect against sexually transmitted diseases.
• Use a water-based lubricant like KY Jelly or Astroglide to help prevent tearing of the skin if there is a lack of lubrication during sex. Small tears in the vagina during vaginal sex or in the rectum during anal sex to sexually transmitted diseases will get into your blood.
• Avoid douching if you are a woman, because you can change the normal balance of organisms in the vagina and increases the risk of contracting an STD.
• Be responsible. Avoid sexual contact if you have symptoms of an infection or if you are being treated for an STD or HIV. If you or your partner has herpes, avoid sexual contact when a blister is present and use condoms at all other times.