In 1981 was the first case of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome diagnosed, or AIDS, as known. It's a virus (called HIV) that
attacks the defenses of our body against every external agent. In the
beginning, only groups of homosexual seemingly acquired HIV, but soon
the virus began to outbreak in heterosexual people too. So, the scientists
discovered that the AIDS was transmitted mainly by unprotected sexual
relations. Being a disease that has no cure, soon it called everyone's
attention. And, automatically, brought to open discussion a die-hard subject:
the sexual transmitted diseases.
Nowadays, sex became an ordinary thing, no longer involves
the same circumstances and consequences that it did thirty or forty years
ago. So, more people are having more sexual relations more often. And
that became a risk - as not all of these people were aware of the STDs
and its ways of protection. The best solution was to start a program,
a prevention one. That way, people could start curbing sexual diseases
by taking simple precautions. So, the government started to inform population
about the risks of STDs. Brochures distributed, campaigning played on
TV and broadcasted on air, schools started to have their own sexual education
classes, so on and so forth. Of course, not everyone followed hints, but
from this point on information could be reached by anyone whishing to
do so.
But what about those STDs? They are diseases that can
be transmitted through body contact during sex, being caused by virus,
bacteria and parasites. The body contact includes vagina, anal and oral
sex. Some of the STDs are: gonorrhea (bacterial, can infect cervix, urethra,
rectums, anus and throat), Chlamydia (bacterial, can infect urethra, rectum
and eyes in both sexes and cervix in women), syphilis (bacterial), genital
herpes (viral, can affect the mouth, the genital area, the skin around
the anus and the fingers), and many others. Some are more dangerous than
others, but all have their symptoms. And the best way to treat them is
through prevention.
The best way to prevent still by condom wearing. In most
cases, the man wears it, but there are also female ones, apart from other
means of prevention - like the diaphragm. The condoms can be bought at
drugstores and the likes, or can be obtained free at governmental stations.
Even with all the information, there are still who overlooks
prevention of STDs. It's imperative that all citizens become aware of
this situation and begin taken measures of prevention by talking others
in for doing the same. Sex is good, but it also needs to be safe.
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