Question on STD if any?
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This really depends on the STD. Herpes, which causes sores, is totally different than HPV, which causes warts.
It is entirely possible to be in a relationship with someone who has either one of these and not get it.
If someone has either infection genitally, there is no danger from kissing or hugging.
You should really check out www.ashastd.org for more info on both of these, and find out specifically what your partner has. Both are managable, and HPV should clear fomr the body in about 2 years.
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std are very contagious. Tell your partner to see a DR. or go to the health clinic. Some STD can be cured with ABT's. Some of them you can't get over like genital herpes. The drug Valtrax can help keep them out break free. Use a condom at all times till that person sees a Dr. you can kiss them that is OK.
There are more than 25 STD’s. STD’s are among the most contagious diseases in the United States, about one in four adults has a STD. Every year there are 12 million new cases.
Most STD’s can be cured if treated early. STD’s frequently cause reproductive health problems, making pregnancy difficult or impossible. They can infect newborns. With out proper medical attention STD’s can cause: blindness, cancers, heart disease, and even death.
All STD’s are spread while having sex- vaginal, oral, or anal. An infected person can spread the STD through body fluids, such as, semen, vaginal fluids, and blood. Some diseases, herpes, are spread through direct contact with infected skin. STD’s can be spread from man to woman, vise versa, from man to man, and woman to woman.
Why Condoms And Foams?:
Studies have shown that condoms are an effective barrier against many sexually transmitted infections, including genital herpes. When properly used, therefor , condoms are likely to reduce your risk of spreading or getting herpes. But even condoms don’t guarantee your safety. Sometimes herpes sores occur in places not covered by a condom. In these cases, the condom is little if any help. Condoms and foam should not be reapplied upon when herpes sores or symptoms are present.
Contraceptive foams containing the spermicide nonoxynol-9 kill the herpes simplex virus and several other germs that cause STDs. They are recommended for use along with condoms, not in place of condoms.
Herpes
What Is Herpes Simplex?:
Herpes simplex is a common virus. It causes sores on or near the mouth (often called “cold sores” or “oral herpes”), and it causes the genital sores known as “genital herpes”. There are two herpes simplex viruses- herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex type 2(HSV-2). These viruses are very similar, and either type can infect the mouth or genitals. Most commonly, however, HSV-1 occurs above the waist, and HSV-2 below.
How Do You Get Genital Herpes?:
Herpes is spread by direct skin-to-skin contact. Unlike a flu virus that you can get through the air, herpes spreads by direct contact-that is, directly from the sight of the infection to the sight of the contact. For example, if you have a cold sore and kiss someone, you can transfer the virus from your mouth to theirs. Similarly, if you have active genital herpes and have vaginal or anal intercourse, you can transfer the virus from your genitals to theirs. Finally, if you have a cold sore and put your mouth on your partner’s genitals (oral sex), you can give your partner genital herpes.
What Happens When You First Get Genital Herpes?:
Symptoms of herpes usually develop within 2 to 20 days after contact with the virus, although it may take far longer. In some people, the herpes virus causes a first attack so mild that it goes unnoticed. In others, the first attack causes visible sores. But in either case the virus eventually retreats into the nervous system and lies dormant there.
What Are The Typical Symptoms Of A First Episode Of Genital Herpes?:
In a first episode, the skin often becomes inflamed, and soon afterward on or more blisters or bumps appear. The blisters first open and then heal as new skin tissue forms.
Also during a first episode, the area is often painful and may itch, burn, or tingle. Flu-like- symptoms are also common. These include swollen glands, headache, muscle aches, or fever. Herpes might also infect the urethra, and urinating might cause a burning sensation.
The first episode might last up to several weeks. When the sores are completely healed, the active phase of the infection is over.
Symptoms vary from one person to another. In many people the first infection is so mild that it goes unrecognized. Even so, subsequent recurrences of the disease might cause sores.
When Do Herpes Recur?:
Both oral and genital herpes can recur. Some people have frequent recurrences, while other people have them rarely. Most persons with genital herpes do have recurrences. The average is about four recurrences per year, and for many individuals the number of recurrences decreases as time goes on.
At the beginning of the infection, the herpes virus escapes the immune defenses by entering the nerve endings and traveling to the ganglia, the virus is inactive, and it causes no harm to the body or nerve cells. From time to time, however, the virus can be re-activated. When that happens, it travels back down the nerve to the surface of the skin. There it starts to multiply, causing another out break. Recurrences usually develop near the site of the initial infection, but they can relocate. For example, sometimes a person will experience recurrent herpes on the genitals for a period of months or years and then find the virus relocates to the buttocks.
What Are The Symptoms Of Typical Recurrence?:
During a first episode, the immune system develops antibodies and other weapons against the virus. Therefore, during a recurrence the immune system is prepared to fight off the infection more quickly. As a result, there are usually fewer sores, they heal faster, and the outbreak is less painful. The flu-like symptoms of the first outbreak are seldom present.
What Triggers A Recurrence?:
Herpes infections have different patterns in different people. Many people report that the following factors sometimes-not always- induce an outbreak: surgery, illness. Stress, fatigue, skin irritation (such as sunburn), diet, menstruation, or vigorous sexual intercourse.
When Is Genital Herpes Most Likely To Spread?:
Herpes is most easily spread when sores are present, but it’s often spread at other times too.
Some people notice itching, tingling, or other sensations before they see any changes on their skin. These are called “prodromal symptoms,” and they warn that the virus may be present on the skin. Herpes is most likely to be spread from the time these first symptoms are noticed until the time the area is completely healed and the skin looks normal again.
Sexual contact–oral, vaginal, or anal– poses a very clear risk during this time.
Can Genital Herpes Be Transmitted When There Are No Symptoms?:
Yes. Sometimes small amounts of the virus may be present on the skin without causing any recognizable symptoms. This is called “asymptomatic shedding”. Many genital herpes infections are spread from persons who have no symptoms at a given time but are “shedding” the virus.
Herpes simplex infections also often spread by people who do not know they are infected. These people night have symptoms so mild they don’t notice them at all or else don’t recognize them as herpes.
For those who recognize their symptoms, a sexual contact during asymptomatic periods is less likely to spread the infection than a sexual contact when sores are present. But people tend to have many more contacts when they have no sores, so the risk of asymptomatic transmission is very real. The best way to lower the risk is to use condoms in between recurrent episodes.
Go to this website for more info on different STD's
Anyone who has sex can get an STD. Wether Male or female, homosexual or heterosexual, young or old, people of all races. No one is immune
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http://www.hopefs.org/Behavior/STD.html
The first step is that both of you should visit a doctor, both of you should be examined and investigated to know what kind of STD your partner have, then both of you should start treatment, many STDs are curable by drugs only, some need for more extensive surgical treatment but that's rare, there should not be any kind of sexual contact during the period of treatment, then when both of you are 100% cured then you can both start sexual contact even without any barrier in case that both of you in monogamous relationship, the point here is to start treatment, then during the treatment period both of you can kiss each other and also kissing your kids, no worries since there are no signs of infections in the mouth, but the point here is to visit the doctor ASAP.
You don't stop loving someone because they have an STD. They need your support, not your scorn. Just read about safe behaviors and encourage them to get regular treatment. Did you know that 25% of Americans are infected with Herpes? It's a viral infection very similiar to chicken pox. Would you shun someone because they had chicken pox and could have an outbreak of shingles later?
HPV is spread by direct contact.
The virus can be spread to or from the genitals, anus, mouth, or throat during sexual activities. However, warts in the mouth or throat are extremely rare. Condoms may reduce the spread of infection, but they do not provide complete protection.
Once the infection occurs, it may spread to other areas of the genitals or to the anal area.
You can spread the virus even if you do not have any symptoms of infection or any visible warts.
A pregnant woman can infect her child during vaginal delivery, although this is very rare. The presence of genital warts does not mean that the mother should have a cesarean delivery, unless a vaginal delivery would cause the warts to bleed excessively.holding and kissing a child wont spread the warts.
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