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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease- usually women are afflicted by this disease. It is a an infection in the upper genital tract and reproductive organs including ovaries, uterus and fallopian tubes.
• Spreads through- Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are the two STDs that are most often responsible for this disease. Women between 15 to 25 years of age are [...]

Anal sex is more dangerous than vaginal, since the very thin tissues of anus and rectum can be easily harmed during sex activities. Even minor damages can turn into “open gates” for a variety of bacteria and viruses, together with HIV. Anal sex does require some definite safety measures. First of all, any partners who [...]

I know that a lot of guys don’t really like the idea of using condoms, but it is the best way to avoid becoming a victim of HIV and other STDs.
Having sexual intercourse with an infected person is the most common way of becoming infected. Majority of those infected are teenagers or young adults. [...]

What are HPVs?
More than 40 types of HPV, which are the cause of genital warts (also known as condylomata acuminata or venereal warts), can infect the genital tract of men and women. These warts are primarily transmitted during sexual contact. Other, different HPV types generally cause common warts elsewhere on the body. HPV infection has [...]

The disease is an infection that results in the inflammation of the cervix which is the lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina. This condition is often result of an infection by Chalmydia or gonorrhea or other the many other viral/bacterial infections that cause STD’s. The condition is quite hard to detect [...]

Condoms should also be used through sex toys. By means of putting a condom on the sex toy a user offers advanced hygiene and inhibits diffusion of viruses if the sex toy is shared. Cleaning of anal sex toys is also a very significant subject as many anal sex toys are made of permeable materials. [...]

Teens have become more and more adventurous which also goes to say with the previously adult restricted area of sexual intercourse. There are a lot of programs that aims to raise awareness of such but sad to say, there are still a lot of teens who do get infected with STD’s. Shame or fear of [...]

Coitus interruptus or pulling out, wherein the penis is removed from the vagina, anus, or mouth before ejaculation, is not a safe practice and in the long run may cause STD transmission. This is for the reason that formation of pre-ejaculate, a watery fluid that comes out from the urethra previous to actual ejaculation. In [...]

Another way to avoid sexual transmitted diseases is to refrain from sexual activity completely. This will eliminate  the likelihood of contracting STDs. Some religions, go up against sex outside marriage or pre-marital sex. I lieu of contraceptives and safe-sex promotion, maintaining ones virginity until marriage is the best course of action against STD. At the [...]

Syphilis (pronounced: siff-ill-iss) is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by a type of bacteria known as a spirochete (through a microscope, it looks like a corkscrew or spiral). It is extremely small and can live almost anywhere in the body.
The spirochetes that cause syphilis can be passed from one person to another through direct [...]