Medically checked by Mary Jane Minkin, MD, Facog, NCMP
The 13th to 19th April 2025 is Stiwareness Week.
Misory information is very similar to a STI – you can pass it on to someone else and not even know.
Myths and assumptions about sexually transmitted infections (STIS) have always existed. Before the internet, you probably heard something questionable about STIS from your best friend who heard it from a cousin who knew someone who said you couldn’t get a STI when you have sex.
Although it is true that she can find renowned, fact -based information online about Stis, it is not always easy to recognize the fact from fiction or whether a viral contribution applies to toilet seats (more on that later).
In order not to spread the word – not the misinformation – the truth behind 7 of the most common myths about STIS.
Read: 6 STIS You have to know about >> Notification
1. “You can’t get Stis from Oral sex.”
(Lips lips.) You can get StIs from oral sex. Oral sex is sexual activity such as vaginal and anal sex.
The good news is that toothed dams (a piece of plastic that passes the vagina or the anus) and condoms can contribute to reducing the risk risk during the oral sex.
2. “Douching after sex protects you from Stis.”
This is a hard no. Showering after sex cannot protect you from Stis. In fact, showering can increase the risk of STIS because it removes good bacteria together with bad bacteria in the vagina, which makes it more susceptible to infections.
As a rule, the natural balance of your vagina comes up and is not recommended for anyone.
3. “You can get chlamydia from a bank in the gym.”
You have probably heard this jewel on social media, but it is highly unlikely that someone from a bank in the gym or everywhere (unless you are busy with your trainer on this bank.) On the one hand, chlamydia is a bacterial infection and the organisms cannot live outside the body – especially on hard surfaces like a bank. And chlamydia concerns the mucous membrane surfaces – the inner lining of the vagina, rectum and mouth – through sex. Therefore, it would be extremely difficult for the organism to get where it has to be enough without sexual activity.
4. “You can get a STI of a public toilet seat.”
It is also very, very unlikely to get a STI of a toilet seat. This is due to the fact that STIs are handed over from person to person during sex or through intimate skin-to-skin contact. Even if a STI is hanging around in a toilet seat, the chance is that he survived long enough and somehow made it into her body.
5. “You can’t get a STI if you are pregnant.”
You can get a STI if you are pregnant. And some Stis such as syphilis, HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B and genital herpes can be passed on to the baby during pregnancy or birth.
For this reason, it is important to prove before pregnancy or at the beginning of pregnancy on STIS to treat or treat infections.
Read: FAQs about HIV and pregnancy >>
6. “Two condoms are better than one to protect themselves against STIS.”
Double condoms are not twice as much fun. If you layer a condom over the other, the materials rub and that actually makes them weaker and break or tear.
7. “Stil only happens to young people.”
Anyone who has sex – regardless of age – is endangered for STIS. In fact, the diagnostic quotas for people aged 35 and over was increased. You can reduce the risk of the Sti by using a condom and/or a tooth dam every time you have sex. It is also a good idea for you and your partner to test before the horizontal Mambo.
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