Pictures of STIs/STDs When looking for pictures of STIs/STDs on google or any other search engine, you’re bound to come across incredibly graphic, disgusting, and down right scary pictures of STDs. While these pictures are sometimes real depictions of specific STIs/STDs, they are often the very worst case scenarios and can be meant to scare […]
STI/STD List – Different Types of Parasitic STDs
There are 3 different kinds of STIs/STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Parasitic STIs/STDs are caused by parasites passed from person-to-person and depending on the STI/STD, can be transmitted during sexual activity; during non-sexual contact with another individual; from mother to infant during birth, or breastfeeding; and in some instances, from towels, or other objects that come […]
STI/STD List – Different Types of Viral STDs
There are 3 different kinds of STIs/STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Like bacterial STIs/STDs, viral STIs/STDs often give no warning signs or symptoms. This means you can contract it and infect a sexual partner without knowing it and serious complications which can cause irreversible damage can progress silently before you ever recognize a problem. Viral […]
Sexual Activities That Put You At Risk for STIs/STDs
Think you may have contracted or transmitted a sexually transmitted infection or disease? Worried about the weekend you just had and what you did over the course of too many beverages or while finally getting some alone time with a new hottie? Here are the things you could be at risk of contracting or transmitting […]
Observations and Anecdotes from an STI/STD Testing Counselor
This guest post was written by Elissa White, an STI/STD testing counselor at getSTDtested.com. As an STI/STD testing counselor at getSTDtested.com, some might argue it’s a profession worthy of an episode of Discovery Channel’s ‘Dirty Jobs’. Being an STI/STD testing counselor is certainly not for the faint of heart, whether I’m serving as a shoulder to cry on or I’m […]
STI/STD List for People with Vulvas/Vaginas – Common STDs in Women*
Below you’ll find an STI/STD list of STIs/STDs commonly found in women* and those less common in women based on percentage of cases each year, type of infection, and location of infection, as well as how the infection is transmitted. You can also see the full STI/STD List in alphabetical order with links to detailed symptoms, […]
STI/STD List for People with Penises – Common STDs in Men*
Below you’ll find an STI/STD list of STIs/STDs commonly found in men* and those less common in men based on percentage of cases each year, type of infection and location of infection, as well as how the infection is transmitted. You can also see the full STI/STD List in alphabetical order with links to detailed symptoms, test, […]
6 Things I Wish They Would Have Taught Me In Sex-Ed About STIs/STDs
#1 – Um, having sex can lead to STIs/STDs! This may seem ridiculous, and I don’t know about you, but I don’t remember STIs/STDs being a part of sex-ed at all – maybe that was my problem to begin with – baha! I don’t know. I was either too excited to be talking about sex […]