For example, if you have a cold sore and kiss someone, you can transfer the virus to his or her mouth. Similarly, if you have active genital herpes and have intercourse, you can give your partner genital herpes. Finally, if you have a cold sore and put your mouth on your partners" genitals (oral sex), you can give your partner genital herpes. ... The risk of catching herpes after a single sexual contact with an infected partner is not known, but the more contact you have with someone carrying genital herpes the greater your chances are. ... As you can see the herpes virus is nothing to pla...

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Furthermore, contact with infected blood from mother to their baby during giving birth or breastfeeding will lead to the transmission of HIV but this risk is smaller to the babies if the mother receives treatment for HIV infection during pregnancy. ... It is refer to the inflammation of liver that caused by virus. ... The most regular hepatitis viruses that we heard are type A, B and C. ... Some of the reasons that can spread the hepatitis D virus are when someone having a tattoo at their body done with infectious tools. ... By avoiding exposure to viruses, viral hepatitis can be prevented. ...

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(Herpes pg.23) Herpes can also be spread through the giving or receiving oral sex. ... Studies show that sores or lesions in the genital area make a person more prone to the HIV infection if they have sex with someone carrying the the HIV virus. This is because herpes causes breaks in the skin allowing the HIV virus to enter easier. ... HIV then leads to the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome virus which is called AIDS. ... People becoming infected with the AIDS virus is growing at astounding rates. ...

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Sometimes the articles give hope, sometimes they are grim, and all show how everyone can be touched by this disease. ... When AIDS was first discovered the" budget" was too low to give money for the" gay disease" research. ... Clinics give out contraceptives to prevent it and preach safe sex all over. ... Tuberculosis was once as bad as the AIDS virus. Today if, in some rare way, someone contracts the disease they are taken to the CDC headquarters and are quarantined and they find out how they got it. ...

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Blood transfusions during surgeries or in emergencies when there's a large loss of blood can also give a person an STI if a doctor gives the patient infected blood. ... If someone isn't coming in sexual contact with anyone else then there's no way to contract an STI. ... Infection with the HPV virus is common and infects at least 50% of all people who have sex at some time in their lives. ... Following steps of prevention each and every time someone has sex, can help just the tiniest bit. ... In Africa, where the AIDs virus is rapidly spreading, lack of protective methods and ...

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In addition, while casual sex may have been viewed as "normal" a few decades ago, the outlook on it is different now with the discovery of the HIV virus and other sexually transmitted diseases. ... Throughout the story, different parts can be easily related to a real-life event on how men are allowed to express themselves sexually without causing any controversy, but once a woman tries to do the same there's always someone there to point a finger at them. Thankfully, Minot's writing gives clear-cut reasoning on how messed up our world is. ...

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Discrimination against someone can take a negative toll on them because most of the time what they are being victimized for or discriminated against they cannot help. ... Examples of theses diseases or infections are Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Chlamydia, Genital Warts, Hepatitis B, Human Papillomavirus, Public Lice, Syphilis, and Trichomoniasis just to name the most common ones but there are more. ... If one of the employees refuse to work with the person who has an STD then that does not give the employer the right to fire them. .....

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The next day everyone is staring and you even heard someone mention the word slut. ... Making condoms available in public schools gives students the opportunity to obtain relatively large numbers of condoms, which does not lead to increases in sexual activity but an increase in condom use among sexually active teenagers. ... -Other than abstinence, the condom is the only effective protection against pregnancies and STDs such as the HIV virus and AIDS. ... -People will be happier, more at ease, and more successful in life if we start giving out condoms in high school. ... Remember th...

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And almost half of the sexually active students had never been tested for an STD, even though one in five college students know someone who has contracted a sexually transmitted disease while in college. ... -24 million new cases of human papilloma virus (HPV) occur annually -63% of all sexually transmitted disease (STD) cases occur among people less than 25 years of age. ... Just because the majority of college students are having sex, doesn't give the right to promote it. ...

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He says that the logic to giving students condoms is because "kids are going to do it anyway, you can't stop them". ... He compares giving out condoms to giving out bulletproof vests, because obviously kids are going to shoot teachers and each other anyway. ... Finally, Limbaugh insinuates that giving out condoms will lead to a teen population rampant with pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. ... Now would someone tell me what is so difficult about sharing this knowledge and experience with kids?" ... Shortly, after the series ended Pedro died from complications of this virus....

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He says that the logic to giving students condoms is because "kids are going to do it anyway, you can't stop them". ... He compares giving out condoms to giving out bulletproof vests, because obviously kids are going to shoot teachers and each other anyway. ... Finally, Limbaugh insinuates that giving out condoms will lead to a teen population rampant with pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. ... Now would someone tell me what is so difficult about sharing this knowledge and experience with kids?" ... Shortly, after the series ended Pedro died from complications of this virus....

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The more common sexually transmitted diseases include HIV (caused by the AIDS virus), herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis and genital warts. ... If she chooses to have the baby, she will have to decide whether to keep it herself or give it up for adoption. ...

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Nevertheless it does speak further giving the information on statistics but rather informs the moral and social responsibilities of being catholic: While sickness is closely connected with humanity's sinful state, it would be wrong to see it as a punishment on a person for their sins' While the personal decision about sexual activity before marriage is a concern of the Catholic perspective, so too is the issue of AIDS/STDs. ...

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