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can virgins have STDs?

Anonymous #1

(first off, are they called "STDs" or "STIs"? :redface:

) Anyway, is there any risk of having one if you're a virgin?

Reply 1

david17

1

Either.. don't think it matters.
And it is very unlikely, although they can be transmitted by other means.

Reply 2

Tyler Durden

17

Well, generally speaking no - the clue is in the name: SEXUALLY transmitted diseases. Having said that, HIV can be passed from an infected mother to her unborn child. I don't know about other STDs, but certainly HIV can be passed on this way. Also virginity is no guarantee against them; STIs can be passed on through oral sex too for example. Why, feeling itchy? :p:

Reply 3

Trigger

18

you have to have some from of sexual contact but yup

Reply 4

forkwise

1

What about syringes?

Reply 5

CoolioVendetta

Trigger

you have to have some from of sexual contact but yup

Nice advice,

You missed the bit about used needles/razors, oral sex.. the list goes on.

Reply 6

cutandpasteandtwisty

11

CoolioVendetta

Nice advice,

You missed the bit about used needles/razors, oral sex.. the list goes on.

You missed the point about sexually transmitted diseases. They haven't had sex so cannot harbour infections contaged through sexual intercourse. However, virgins can have diseases. :rolleyes:

Reply 7

Anonymous #2

cutandpasteandtwisty

You missed the point about sexually transmitted diseases. They haven't had sex so cannot harbour such infections. However, virgins can have diseases. :rolleyes:

You quoted someone who mentioned oral
oral can give you a std/sti if you dont really know this then maybe you should visit the brook

Reply 8

cutandpasteandtwisty

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Anonymous

You quoted someone who mentioned oral
oral can give you a std/sti if you dont really know this then maybe you should visit the brook

If you consider oral sex to be a valid form of sexual activity, and thus a root by which STIs can be transmitted, then someone who has taken part in said activity is no longer deemed a virgin and thus your argument falls apart.

Infections which are often categorised as Sexually Transmitted are not seen as such if the sufferer hasn't partaken in sexual intercourse - they are merely infections.

In conclusion, therefore, any individual can carry an infectious disease; irrespective of their sexual experience. My advice to the OP is that he/she can never be too careful and should always use protection during sex.

Reply 9

40550

2

to catch an STI yourself, you need to have had sex in some shape or form, be it oral, anal, vaginal... right?

Reply 10

la fille danse

17

cutandpasteandtwisty

You missed the point about sexually transmitted diseases. They haven't had sex so cannot harbour infections contaged through sexual intercourse. However, virgins can have diseases. :rolleyes:

An STD (say, HIV, for example) is still an STD regardless of whether it was transmitted sexually in one particular instance. :rolleyes:

Reply 11

Anthonyjm71

9

dddd

to catch an STI yourself, you need to have had sex in some shape or form, be it oral, anal, vaginal... right?

exactly but germs can come from anywhere....

Reply 12

CoolioVendetta

cutandpasteandtwisty

You missed the point about sexually transmitted diseases. They haven't had sex so cannot harbour infections contaged through sexual intercourse. However, virgins can have diseases. :rolleyes:

Hypothetical conversation:

Person A: Any STI's?
Person B (Virgin with Gonorrhea): Nope

So by your logic person B is right that they don't have an STI? Just because it wasn't passed on by sexual intercourse doesn't not make it an STI.

edit: You can get some STI's just from skin contact (like herpes).

Reply 13

xlouisax

it's been changed to STI not STD as infection sounds less bad than disease and in theory less stigma is attached to it.
you can pass infections from mother to baby, u can get blood borne viruses (HIV, syphilis, Hepatitis a,b,c) from infected needles.
you can spread infections through oral and anal sex. you can get anal thrush, oral chlamydia, chlamydia of the eye, gonhorrea in your throat, all sorts. you can spread infection by touching someone else's 'juices' as it were, and then mixing them with yours. sorry to sound graphic; i mean if he comes on your hand, and then your hand is put in/near your vagina. (assuming you're a girl sorry).
you can also get herpes and lice and suchlike by vulva to groin contact (the squishy skin over which your pubic hair grows).
in conclusion, depending on how active a virgin you are, you could have an STI, although it is unlikely, and they are more easily spread through sexual intercourse.

Reply 14

Fleece

15

cutandpasteandtwisty

If you consider oral sex to be a valid form of sexual activity, and thus a root by which STIs can be transmitted, then someone who has taken part in said activity is no longer deemed a virgin and thus your argument falls apart.

Infections which are often categorised as Sexually Transmitted are not seen as such if the sufferer hasn't partaken in sexual intercourse - they are merely infections.

In conclusion, therefore, any individual can carry an infectious disease; irrespective of their sexual experience. My advice to the OP is that he/she can never be too careful and should always use protection during sex.

How do you work that first bit out?

You can get sexual without losing your virginity. :confused:

And I believe they made the switch to calling them STIs, not STDs.

- Just googled it and I was right :p:

You may have asked yourself why we use the term sexually transmitted infection (STI), instead of the term sexually transmitted disease (STD). The term "infection" more accurately describes conditions where sexual partners may not have symptoms and may not be aware that they have an infection, and because many of these infections are actually curable. The term "infection" carries less of a social stigma than the term "disease." The term STI is also being used by leading sexual health organizations such as Planned Parenthood.

Reply 15

Dragon24

17

Fleece

And I believe they made the switch to calling them STIs, not STDs.

I have a bad habit of referring to STD's - all that education drummed into your head, hard to forget! I find it weird though as 'disease' sounds worse than 'infection'. Regardless of its name its still bad.

OP get your partner and yourself tested if you are that worried you have caught something.

Reply 16

Alexander

12

STI is the more up-to-date term to use, and it is now supposed to stand for sexually transmissable infections, which is meant to imply that they can also be transmitted in non-sexual ways. However in reality the only one which is frequently transmitted in by non-sexual means is HIV (I say 'frequently' but of course it is still rare in the first world).