One should treat ANY sexual encounter Straight/ Gay whatever as if that person is INFECTED with an STI.
Only exception being the wife who you do not have sex with at all;!.
Anyone telling you they have a certificate should be regarded as above, i.e. as if they are carrying an STI..
As long as any Mucosal membrane thats to say penis vagina eyes etc comes into contact with any other bodily fluid such as blood, cum pre cum etc then the possibility of infection is present. Any cuts or sores on the skin are also danger areas. Now we all love a bit of uncovered oral either way round and most would probally think nothing of a girl giving them deep throat and that being one area that can carry infections, other way round mouth in contact with a pussy if your mouth has any very small cuts or tears then thats a possible infection channel.
Of course the infecting virus or bacteria has then to invade and multiply before symptioms devlop or that person themselves becomes infectious. And that also depends on how good that persons immuine system is or isn't in the case of someone who is suffering from AIDS etc. With some infections it is quite possible you have been infected with that disease before and are more risistant to the invading organisim this is the principal of immunisation. However this IS NOT always so:(
If you do suspect anyone of passing an infection onto you then the best thing is to tell the GUM clinic concerned rather than post a list of possible "suspects" here and that is pointless unless you are absolutly certain that he/she is carrying that infection even if you do what if they have already been to the GUM clinic and have started treatment. Consider the numer of sexual encounters that some have by the time any illness is noticed there can be quite a list of possibles and to ask that he/she be named is pointless hence the need to treat <ALL> as possible sources of infection. And what if someone is named what are you going to do, not see them?. It's not logical. What if the next girl on your list hasn't been named how do you know her infective status?, you just don't, hence the advice to treat ALL as infectious.
The dose of Gonorrhea in question is a Gram-negative bacteria and posses the ability to bind to immune cells and not provoke a response so people who have been infected before can be re-infected. One of the problems with treating this nasty is that like some other strains of bacteria it is devloping risistance to antibotics. One of the main reasons is people not using them properly, not finishing the course, so that the more sturdy cells the stronger more difficult to kill off ones are left and will then get "tougher" and become more risistant .
One of the other problems with STI's and i quote re the "clap, "Half of women with gonorrhea are asymptomatic, whereas others have vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain or pain with intercourse" this is true of such as Herpes, that can be a nasty too. You can be a carrier and not know it.
Finally if you've been in a hospital recently your urged to wash your hands frequently espically after any contact with a paitent. So if that can cause infections just touching someone, think what oppertunities STI's have all those loverly warm bodily fluids being sloshed around in a sexual encounter..
In a nutshell if you can't be good be very damm carefull!..
Muff said;)..
