can someone acquire an std without sexual contact???
2007-12-19 02:38:11 · 1 answers · asked by blue_skies 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Yes, it happens.
Hepatitis B and HIV are not only sexually transmissible, they are also bloodborne, so a bad tattoo, bad blood transfusion or organ transplant (though there are many safeguards against this), or even kinky unsafe blood play can result in infection. Moreoever, some people get HIV and HBV from their mothers when they are born.
Scabies are sometimes lumped in with STDs, but they are also often spread nonsexually.
HSV-1 is traditionally associated with oral herpes (cold sores, fever blisters). Many people get it as children from slobbering on shared cups and toys, or from kiss pecks from adults. It is possible to spread oral herpes to a partner's genitals during unsafe oral sex.
2007-12-19 04:19:14 · answer #1 · answered by Gumdrop Girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋