HOW AT RISK ARE YOU?
"When you have sex with someone, you are having sex with everyone they have had sex with for the last ten years, and everyone they and their partners have had sex with for the last ten years." - C. Everett Koop, M.D., Former U.S. Surgeon General
WHAT ARE STDs?
STD stands for Sexually Transmittd
Disease. They are transmitted through ANY type of sexual activity (vaginal, anal and oral sex).
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF STDs:
Bacterial/Protozoal STDs and Viral STDs
If dectected early, bacterial STDs can be treated but many do not have any symptoms. There is no cure for viral STDs- you have them for LIFE.
STDs can lead to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID), Cervical Cancer, Chronic Pelvic Pain, Tubal (ectopic) pregnancies, Infertility and even death.
HOW CAN I PREVENT AN STDs?
There are two ways to totally prevent yourself against STDs. One is to abstain from sex. The other way is to only have sex within a faithful lifelong committment (i.e. marriage) to a partner who is STD free.
Life Cycle Books/ Choices and Consequences: The Facts about STDS
