4. If you think you or your partner has a sexually transmitted infection.
See a clinician for testing, diagnosis, and treatment. Find out if your partner(s) need to be examined and treated, too.
3. Keep medically fit.
Have a checkup for sexually transmitted infections every year. Protect your immune system. Eat well, get enough rest, and limit your use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
2. Talk with your partners before the heat of passion.
Partners should care about each other and be interested in one another's pleasure, comfort, and health.
1. Use a condom every time you have sexual intercourse.
Latex condoms offer the best protection against sexually transmitted infections for people having sexual intercourse.
3. Textured condoms: These include ribbed and studded types. They’re meant to boost the pleasure for you or your partner. But how it makes you feel could be different from what someone else enjoys.
2. Lubricated: Lubrication, or lube, is a thin coating of liquid on the condom. It can prevent pain and irritation during sex, and it can help keep the condom from breaking.
1. Latex or plastic: Most people use condoms made of latex. If you’re sensitive or allergic to that material, you can use ones made of plastic: polyurethane or polyisoprene.