tianna said:
isnt it tru that you can get stds through any fluid transfer... ie... blood, spit,,, breast milk... eye fluid... snot....and... and any bodily fluid..????????
Hi TIANNA
You can’t get STD through all fluids; they like to live in particular sites in the body or are in high concentrations in certain bodily fluids.
I will list the main STD and discuss what fluids they are in.
HIV (virus)
Female: vaginal fluid, blood, breast milk
Male: Semen, blood
Hepatitis C (virus) Blood
Hepatitis C is not in the sexual fluid, which is why it is difficult to get hepatitis C from having sex. If there is blood present this will increase the risk e.g. rough sex, lady having her period
Hepatitis B (virus)
Female: vaginal fluid, blood, breast milk, saliva
Male: semen, blood, saliva
Hepatitis B is in very low concentrations in the saliva therefore they do not believe that it can pass from kissing, but they believe that it can pass from saliva if you are bitten. The hepatitis B vaccine gives great protection.
Syphilis is a bacteria and it is these bacteria which are in the syphilis sore which are infectious. The sores are typically not painful so they can go unnoticed if they are in the mouth, vagina or anus. You generally get these sores were you had sexual contact.
Gonorrhea is also bacteria which like to live in the urethra (pee tube), cervix, throat and anus. As it is a bacteria it lives at these sites and would not be present in the blood or travel through the entire body.
Chlamydia is also similar to a bacteria and likes to live in the same site that gonorrhea does except we are not sure if it can live in the throat and if it does for how long.
Fluids such as tears and snot do not have any STD in them that we know of (unless there is blood present in these).
Please feel free to comment or ask us to expand on a topic. Remember if you would like to ask me a personal question just send me a PM.
HN
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