Sexually Transmitted Diseases: How Ya Gonna Tell Her?
April 1, 2009 by webwordslinger
Filed under Women's Health
This is one phone call you don't want to make - EVER!
Sexually transmitted diseases or STDs are a group of infections that can be caused by any type of sexual contact. Did you know that it is not necessary to have actual intercourse in order to spread an STD? Anyone that has ANY form of sex is at risk for contracting STDs, and that means you if you are sexually active.
I‘m a Teen. Am I at risk for a sexually transmitted diseases?
STDs are very common among teenagers. Every year more than 4 million teens are diagnosed with an STD. That equates to about one of every four teenagers! About 25 percent of all STDs occur in teenagers. If you are sexually active, particularly if you engage in unprotected sex, you are at risk for contracting an STD.
The teenagers most at risk for contracting an STD are those:
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That have unprotected sex.
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That have sex with more than one partner.
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That have sex with someone that has an STD or has had an STD.
