Sexual Practices
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- Created on: 08-08-17 19:44
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- Sexual Practices
- Safe sex can be emotionally rewarding
- Safe sexual practices include
- Using contraceptives
- Having sexual health check ups
- Only having sex with someone you trust
- Limiting the number of sexual partners
- Not losing control of actions by taking drugs or drinking alcohol
- Informing sexual practices of any STIs
- Safe sexual practices include
- Unsafe sex can result in effects such as unwanted pregnancy and the spread of STIs
- Common STIs
- HIV/AIDS
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. By damaging your immune system, HIV interferes with your body's ability to fight the organisms that cause disease.
- Chlamydia
- a very small parasitic bacterium which, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce. Bacteria of this type cause various diseases including trachoma, psittacosis, and non-specific urethritis.
- Herpes
- any of a group of virus diseases caused by herpesviruses, affecting the skin (often with blisters) or the nervous system.
- Pubic Lice
- tiny parasitic blood-sucking wingless insects that infest the human genitals, causing itching and red spots. The only other animal known to be affected by this insect is the gorilla.
- Gonorrhoea
- a venereal disease involving inflammatory discharge from the urethra or vagina.
- HIV/AIDS
- Common STIs
- Barrier methods
- A condom
- A rubber sheath that acts as a protective cover for the penis.
- Female Condom
- A rubber sheath that lines the vagina
- Diaphragm
- A rubber cap that fits over the cervix
- A condom
- Effects of unsafe sex
- Getting and spreading STIs
- Related health risks- infertility, inflammatory pelvic disease
- Unwanted pregnancy
- Development of cervical cancer
- Loss of reputation and self-esteem
- Break up of relationships
- Not developing close intimate and sexual realtionships
- Safe sex can be emotionally rewarding
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