Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are becoming very common these days.
Almost every fifth person in this world is suffering from one or the other STD.
Most of these diseases are treatable, but human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), is incurable till date and death is the end in most of the cases.
Now, lets discuss a bit about AIDS, what it is, its symptoms, its causes and its treatment.
HIV virus that causes aids spreads through use of contaminated needles, or rarely, through blood transfusion, but the most common cause is sexual contact.
The virus is present in semen and vaginal secretions.
Most of the health care workers get infected with HIV virus through needlesticks.
Several types of STDs are chlamydia infections, AIDS, genital herpes, gonorrhea, veneral warts and syphilis and all are highly contagious.
A single sexual contact is enough for these STDs to enter into your body.
If all the microorganisms that cause these STDs remain outside the body, then they will die within hours.
A casual contact like simply by shaking hands with an already infected person or using a public toilet seat will not affect you in any way.
So, do not be overconscious of causing an infection.
The only way to prevent yourself from these STDs and AIDs is to abstain from any sexual contact if your partner is infected.
Or if the both the partners are uninfected, then sexual contact is most welcome.
And if you have several partners or an infected partner, then you are at a high risk of getting an STD.