An STD can be prevented by washing one’s genitals everyday

You probably know that most of the STDs you know are spread through sexual intercourse with an infected partner. Let us first see some of the ways in which STD can be prevented from spreading it once you have caught it.

• Be knowledgeable: Know the symptoms of STDs, this will help you avoid those partners who are infected.
• Be a good observer: Look if your partner has a genital discharge, sore, rash or some other sign of sexual infection.
• Be selective: Have sex with a faithful partner.
• Avoid sex with strangers: Anonymous sex is very risky and can get you infected.
• Communicate: If you think your partner has an STD, ask.
• Use of condoms: The use of condoms greatly lowers the chances of getting or spreading STDS.
• Urinating: Urinating after sex helps flush out organisms out of the urethra and limits the risk of getting an STD to a small extent.
• Abstaining from sex: This prevents STDs.
• Holding each other : Holding your partner tightly to give your sexual satisfaction is another way to prevent you from getting an STD.
• Sensual massage : Giving a sensual massage to your partner can also prevent you from getting an STD.
• Dry hump: Rubbing Your clothed genitals against another’s clothed genitals.
• Masturbation: Masturbating your partner will not give you an STD.
• Use of drugs: Don’t take drugs or alcohol before having sex, it prevents you from practising safe sex.
• Alternatives to sex: Music, Sports, Candle light dinners are all alternatives to sex, that can prevent an STD.
• Sex toys: Use of sex toys prevent an STD infection.
• Penetration: Anal or vaginal or oral penetration with a finger is another safe way of preventing and STD.