Close Encounters If a man has a cold, his partner can catch the virus.
If his partner has fleas, he may soon begin to itch.
Naked flesh, hot and sweating in motion, is ideal for the exchange of infections.
In close encounters of the sexual kind, the human body is highly vulnerable to the transmission of disease.
The act of penetration is ideal for the exchange of infected fluids.
Any disease in the penis is directly "injected" into the vagina.
During thrusting, infected fluids in the vagina are forced into the meatus.
Lovers share infections as well as affections.
Is this what is meant by the "give and take" of love.
The Hidden Epidemic The most common STDs are gonorrhea, chlamydia, NGU, herpes, and condyloma.
In 1988, one U.
S.
report estimated there were 38,000 new STDs each day! It is not possible to get precise data because many cases go unreported.
The media concentrate on AIDS, and the community forgets there is a raging epidemic of all other STDs.
When AIDS was first diagnosed in the early 80s, certain individuals considered it to be the "wrath of God".
The disease was seen as a fitting punishment not only for male homosexuals, but for heterosexuals who did not lead monogamous lives.
The barbarism behind this wishful thinking would have wiped out most of the adult population because only one sexual partner in life is no longer the norm.
Fortunately, the hysteria which provoked such cruel thinking has since died down.
Health professionals hoped the fear of AIDS would encourage all sexually active people to turn to monogamy.
And data from STD clinics show the majority of male homosexuals have.
But the number of heterosexuals attending STD clinics has not changed in the last decade.
In spite of fear of AIDS, other STDs remain at epidemic proportions.
It is estimated most adults will get a sexual infection, other than AIDS, at some life stage.
Silent Reservoirs When a man has an STD, he is usually knows he is infected.
He has symptoms of disease soon after catching it.
He can see the chancre (sore) of syphilis on his penis, or the drip of pus from gonorrhea.
He can feel the stinging pain of NGU or chlamydia when he urinates.
One survey suggests only 5 percent to 15 percent of men with STD are asymptomatic, have no symptoms at all.
The opposite holds true for women.
Some 50 to 80 percent with gonorrhea or chlamydia are asymptomatic in the early stages of infection; 25 percent with syphilis are unaware because the chancre is hidden from view on the cervix.
By the time they realize some¬thing is wrong, the disease may have caused havoc in their reproductive system.
Until such unlucky women find out they are infected, it is they who act as "silent reservoirs" for the spread of STD.
If his partner has fleas, he may soon begin to itch.
Naked flesh, hot and sweating in motion, is ideal for the exchange of infections.
In close encounters of the sexual kind, the human body is highly vulnerable to the transmission of disease.
The act of penetration is ideal for the exchange of infected fluids.
Any disease in the penis is directly "injected" into the vagina.
During thrusting, infected fluids in the vagina are forced into the meatus.
Lovers share infections as well as affections.
Is this what is meant by the "give and take" of love.
The Hidden Epidemic The most common STDs are gonorrhea, chlamydia, NGU, herpes, and condyloma.
In 1988, one U.
S.
report estimated there were 38,000 new STDs each day! It is not possible to get precise data because many cases go unreported.
The media concentrate on AIDS, and the community forgets there is a raging epidemic of all other STDs.
When AIDS was first diagnosed in the early 80s, certain individuals considered it to be the "wrath of God".
The disease was seen as a fitting punishment not only for male homosexuals, but for heterosexuals who did not lead monogamous lives.
The barbarism behind this wishful thinking would have wiped out most of the adult population because only one sexual partner in life is no longer the norm.
Fortunately, the hysteria which provoked such cruel thinking has since died down.
Health professionals hoped the fear of AIDS would encourage all sexually active people to turn to monogamy.
And data from STD clinics show the majority of male homosexuals have.
But the number of heterosexuals attending STD clinics has not changed in the last decade.
In spite of fear of AIDS, other STDs remain at epidemic proportions.
It is estimated most adults will get a sexual infection, other than AIDS, at some life stage.
Silent Reservoirs When a man has an STD, he is usually knows he is infected.
He has symptoms of disease soon after catching it.
He can see the chancre (sore) of syphilis on his penis, or the drip of pus from gonorrhea.
He can feel the stinging pain of NGU or chlamydia when he urinates.
One survey suggests only 5 percent to 15 percent of men with STD are asymptomatic, have no symptoms at all.
The opposite holds true for women.
Some 50 to 80 percent with gonorrhea or chlamydia are asymptomatic in the early stages of infection; 25 percent with syphilis are unaware because the chancre is hidden from view on the cervix.
By the time they realize some¬thing is wrong, the disease may have caused havoc in their reproductive system.
Until such unlucky women find out they are infected, it is they who act as "silent reservoirs" for the spread of STD.