Almost 3-4 decades ago, people would have sex with multiple partners without worrying about deadly diseases. They would not even use condoms. However, after the spread of fatal illnesses like AIDS, Hepatitis-B and similar infections, people have become more concerned about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). In this article, we want to see how safe is what we call safe-sex?
It is almost impossible to avoid sex and therefore we need to learn about possible dangers of it. We will know about risks and possible workarounds to minimize those threats.
Many people believe that the phrase 'safe-sex' is equal to using a condom. Unfortunately the understanding is not correct and this kind of assumption might even increase the spread of sexually transmitted illnesses. People might think they have insured themselves against STDs with a condom and involve themselves with unsafe partners.
Condoms are not 100% reliable. They might break and cause pregnancy or even disease transfer. However, using condom is definitely advised and it will bring down the risk of infection considerably.
We do not want to deny that condoms are a very effective protection. But STDs might be transferred not only from sexual organs, but also from other parts of the body such as mouth. As an example cases have been observed in which AIDS virus has been transferred by oral sex. AIDS virus exists in vaginal fluids and in case of the injuries in mouth or skin, infection might occur. In addition if there are injuries and blood in the mouth of the oral sex giver and no protection is used, the virus can be transferred again.
If you are sexually active or you guess you might have sex, be sure to have a condom with yourself. Learn how to use it correctly and do not forget to use it. It will take 30 seconds to put on a condom while avoiding it might affect your entire life. First rule and the most important one, is to use a condom when having sex. If you are a female, do not agree on having sex without a condom at any circumstances. Having sex with multiple persons at a time using a single condom is also very dangerous and unacceptable.
It is very important to have medical tests before starting a relationship specially a long term one which increases the number of sexual encounters and risk of disease transfer. Also take in mind that some of the diseases need time to appear on tests after the infection. For example AIDS infection might take 3 months to be detected.
People which have sexual relationship with multiple partners and those partners might have sex with other partners are in high risk. This is because a single unhealthy person might transfer the disease to the entire chain very fast. Those having sex with a single partner have a very lower risk of being infected (unless one of the partners has such sexual relationship).
If you have young children in home, we suggest you to teach them about above mentioned information or at least provide it to them. Educating young and unaware people is perhaps the most effective method of decreasing the spread of dangerous sexually transferred diseases. Young people need to know the implications of having risky relationships. Understanding this important point might save their lives.
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