Easy Means NOT to CONTRACT STD

STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) are a two-way highway for transmitting STDs, i.e., ‘receiving’ or ‘giving’ the ailment that strikes at the very root of immunity. STDs are a growing global concern particularly because millions of people are falling prey to this deadly disease. Since it is intimately connected with intimate and physical relationships among human beings, these ailments are called ’social diseases’.

STDs are easily transmitted. STDs are transmitted from one person to another through intimate contacts.

But, STDs are not transmitted only through sex. Notably, sexual activities by themselves are not at all responsible for broadcasting STDs. But, the bodily fluids of an infected person can easily transmit the STIs, and therefore the STDs to a normal person.

The bodily fluids emanate from, and are stored in the eyes, mouth, anus, throat, and vagina. These fluids transform those areas of the body into moist regions. The agents - viruses, protozoa, bacteria and fungi - responsible for the STIs (sexually transmitted infections) breed in these places.

Researches have shown that most of the STIs are easily transmitted via the vulva, penis, anus and also the mouth. It is through the mucus membrane that the transmission takes place. The mucus membrane is different from the skin in the sense that the former allows some pathogens to pass into the body. The mucus membrane may not produce any mucus. Apt examples are the penis head and the mouth lips which are covered by mucus membranes.
MEANS TO CONTROL STD

One of the safest and surest ways of decreasing or controlling STD is ‘Safer Sex’. The most reliable means is the condom. The use of this laboratory tested rubber shield by the male serves two purposes. First, the bodily fluids fail to penetrate the condom and affect the body. Thus, any possibility of affection is obviated. Last but not the least, the pleasure of sex or lovemaking is not at all diminished. However, condoms are not the surest or the only means of checking STIs. In other words, safer sex with condoms does not guarantee absolute security from STIs. The condom may sometimes get punctured; and the ejaculated fluids may get mixed. Once the bodily fluids enter the body, the damage is done.

There are other ways of transmitting bodily fluids. The bodily fluids can be also broadcast through the following means. These media has exposed the drug users, haemophiliacs, and also the doctors to the risk of STIs.

* Child birth
* Needle-stick wound (if the nurse accidentally jab with needles while carrying out medical testing);
* Blood transfusions;
* Sharing of injections;
* Use of one needle by several person (including an infected person) while tattooing.