2006-09-16 21:42:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
No. Sex is the most common way, but it's not the ONLY way.
Sex including vaginal, oral and anal sex can all spread STDs.
Some STDs can also be spread by just direct skin to skin contact, like herpes, HPV, and pubic lice (crabs).
Some people are born with STDs too. Mothers can pass down syphilis, herpes, HPV (rare), HIV, gonorrhea, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Some are more easily spread to the child then others of course.
HIV can be spread by sharing dirty needles and blood transfusions.
Herpes simplex virus 1 (cold sores) are mainly passed by just simple kissing someone with cold sores. Cold sores are also spread by drinking after someone with cold sores, sharing chap stick and lip stick and even sharing a cigarette.
Hepatitis B, C, and D can all be spread by contact with infected blood, contaminated razors, needles, and tattoo and body-piercing equipment.
So, even though STD stands for sexually transmitted disease, you can get them a lot of different ways other than "sexual".
Check out this site for more information:
http://std-gov.org/stds/std.htm
2006-09-16 23:40:10 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, you can get stds, from oral sex, bodily fluids (think AIDS), touching the area where a person could be infected (Herpes), etc. make sure the person you are planning on doing things with is free of any STD'S. That's the only safe way to avoid getting them in the first place.
2006-09-16 21:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by zekemilli4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE RULES ON STD's !
3 ways to get it
1)Seamen to seamen -exchange of bodily fliuds (intercourse)
2) Blood to blood -(I.V.drug use)
3) you're born with it
TAKE IT TO THE BANK ! Gospel truth !
2006-09-16 21:52:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope plenty other ways to catch an STD. So be careful!
2006-09-16 21:45:27 · answer #4 · answered by forgotten 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident, Jane, John can very properly get form I HSV (herpes symplex virus)(ie a chilly sore) on his genital section. the indications at the instant are not particularly as extreme as they'd be in the event that they have been form II HSV, yet they are related to the same: blisters, sores, achievable swollen glands, fever, accepted ailment, itching interior the positioning of the sores, and so on. The virus would not bypass away, and can be transmitted to you on your genital section to boot. permit's desire he's understanding...
2016-12-18 11:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by howling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any sexual contact can potentially transmit infection, even without penetration. STDs can also be passed from mother to infant during birth.
2006-09-16 21:54:05 · answer #6 · answered by Kuji 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, getting pricked with a needle carrying the blood of infected individuals will. kissing can bring about the transmission of cold sores etc. and even aids, if both individuals have open wounds in their mouths.
2006-09-16 21:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by mondo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you can catch a STD if you suk dick or you lick pu$sy. There are other ways such as if you have a cut, etc...
2006-09-16 21:44:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no aids is an std and thank how many ways you can cach that
2006-09-16 21:48:50 · answer #9 · answered by jake s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes any type of sexual contact can give you an STD if you or your partner is infected
2006-09-16 23:49:36 · answer #10 · answered by oceanlady580 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋