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MINERVA IN FOCUS Health Matters
5 Myths & Facts
about
STIs & HIV/AIDS
MYTH FACT
HIV is transmitted in blood and body fluids and
HIV can be transmitted through
normal contact, via insects, so infection arises from sexual contact, needle
via normal skin contact, or via toilets sharing in drug users, and contamination during
medical procedures
Medical injections using unsterile equipment are
STIs can only be transmitted a possible source of infection but also tattooing,
through sexual intercourse
acupuncture, piercing, razor blades, etc
Multiple sexual contacts
with various partners are required Even a single unprotected sexual contact
to get an STI can be enough to become infected
Oral sex or sex play do not put me Unprotected oral sex and even sex play without
in danger of infection intercourse create a high risk of infection
The absence of symptoms does not guarantee
If there are no symptoms, the absence of infection. Seafarers exposed
there is no reason to get tested to unprotected sex should have themselves
tested for infection
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