&lt;h1 style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff99cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can Sexually Transmitted Infections Spread&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff99cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Skin Contact?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #999999;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Written by Dr.Natthakhet Yaemim (Dr.Deyn) Founding Director.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #999999;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Last update: 2 March 2021&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff99cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-heading__text&quot;&gt;Common STDs Spread by Skin Contact&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-7&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Transmission via skin-to-skin contact is possible for several different infections. The STIs where skin-to-skin contact poses the biggest risk for transmission include the following.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-10&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-subheading&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff99cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-subheading__text&quot;&gt;Genital and Oral Herpes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-11&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/herpes-symptoms-causes-and-treatment&quot;&gt;Herpes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt; is an STD that most people fear contracting from skin-to-skin exposure. Contact with these very contagious sores can pass herpes from person to person.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Most people with oral herpes are infected during childhood. Casual contact, such as with relatives, can lead to herpes transmission. Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 can be either oral or genital. However, HSV-2 is more often found in the genitals.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-19&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-subheading&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-subheading__text&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/hpv-wart-treatment-bangkok&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Human Papillomavirus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff99cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-subheading__text&quot;&gt; (HPV)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-20&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Both cancer-causing HPV varieties and the HPV varieties that cause&amp;nbsp;genital warts&amp;nbsp;are easily spread through skin contact. Fortunately, vaccines can prevent this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-22&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Early &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/hpv-vaccine&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HPV vaccination&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt; can prevent the most prevalent cancer and wart-causing varieties. However, ideally, vaccination should occur before people become sexually active. That&#39;s why initial vaccination is recommended at age 11 or earlier, though it is possible to get it later.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-28&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-subheading&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/syphilis&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-subheading__text&quot;&gt;Syphilis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-29&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;There is a growing concern about this disease spreading through contact with mouth sores during oral sex. Most people think of syphilis as an easily preventable disease. It is and it isn&#39;t.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-31&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;When sores are covered by a condom, condoms help. However, sores in the mouth and on other skin locations may go unrecognized and untreated. Those sores can still be contagious. That&#39;s why testing is still important for high-risk groups.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff99cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-subheading__text&quot;&gt;Molluscum Contagiosum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-38&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;This skin disease is more often thought of as a disease of childhood than an STD. However, molluscum contagiosum sores can be spread during sex as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_1-0-40&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Although generally a painless infection, if the sores break open, they can become infected by other bacteria. Therefore, it&#39;s worth talking to a doctor about treatment. You can also cover sores to prevent skin-to-skin contact since treatment can be difficult.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-5&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-list-item-title mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-heading__text&quot; style=&quot;color: #ff99cc;&quot;&gt;There is a High Risk of Infection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-2&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;STDs&amp;nbsp;aren&#39;t transmitted every time people have sex. However,&amp;nbsp;they can get around pretty quickly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;If one infected person has&amp;nbsp;unprotected sex&amp;nbsp;with a new partner each year, and each of them has unprotected sex with one new partner a year, and these partners each did the same, in 10 years the first person could have passed their STD on to over 1,000 people.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;If each person has&amp;nbsp;sex with two&amp;nbsp;new partners&amp;nbsp;a year, that number goes up to more than 59,000.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h2 id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-10&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-list-item-title mntl-sc-block health-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mntl-sc-block-heading__text&quot; style=&quot;color: #ff99cc;&quot;&gt;What are STIs that mostly show no symptoms?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;li id=&quot;mntl-sc-block_2-0-12&quot; class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/chlamydia&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chlamydia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt; (A-K)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;Chlamydia (L1-L3 that causes LGV)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/trichomoniasis&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trichomoniasis&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/herpes-symptoms-causes-and-treatment&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Herpes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt;(is transmissible even when a person isn&amp;rsquo;t having an outbreak.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/hpv-wart-treatment-bangkok&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HPV&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt; (is transmissible even when a person isn&amp;rsquo;t having a warty lesion.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/hiv#!&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HIV&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt; (is transmissible even when a person isn&amp;rsquo;t having any symptoms.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/mycoplasma-genitalium&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mycoplasma&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt; infections&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li class=&quot;comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.pulse-clinic.com/ureaplasma-parvum&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ureaplasma&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #99ccff;&quot;&gt; infections&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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