I also encourage reading of the comments on the original article. There were a lot of good points in them.
I'm mainly reposting this due to a couple newish STI's coming on the market that people may not be aware of... namely:
-LGV, -Molluscum, -Donovanosis, -and to note that Mononucleosis is ALSO an STI, if you consider herpes to be one.. it, like herpes, sticks around in your body for your whole life, and is transmitted via saliva/sexual activity. It can be asymptomatically transferred, and can only be tested for during your primary outbreak....So if you've ever had mono, you can pass that on to others. Only difference is that, because it's so common, people don't give it the same stigma as herpes in this age.
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I'm mainly reposting this due to a couple newish STI's coming on the market that people may not be aware of... namely:
-LGV,
-Molluscum,
-Donovanosis,
-and to note that Mononucleosis is ALSO an STI, if you consider herpes to be one.. it, like herpes, sticks around in your body for your whole life, and is transmitted via saliva/sexual activity. It can be asymptomatically transferred, and can only be tested for during your primary outbreak....So if you've ever had mono, you can pass that on to others. Only difference is that, because it's so common, people don't give it the same stigma as herpes in this age.
Here's a blog from Planned Parenthood with more detail on some of these, including a few I didn't cover.http://blog.advocatesaz.org/2012/07/05/sti-awareness-have-you-heard-of-these-
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These things bother me greatly too.
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