Medically reviewed by Mary Jane Minkin, MD, FACOG, NCMP
April 13-19, 2025 is STI Awareness Week.
The wrong information looks a lot like an STI: it can transmit it to another person and you don’t even know.
Myths and assumptions about Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) I’ve been forever. Before the Internet, he probably listened to something questionable about the ITS of his best friend, who heard him from a cousin, who knew someone who said he can’t get an STI the first time he has sex.
While it is true that you can Find information based on facts of good reputation about STIs, it is not always easy to distinguish the facts of fiction, or if a viral publication on the toilet seats is true (more about that later).
In an effort to spread the word, not misinformation, this is the truth behind 7 of the most common myths about STIs.
Read: 6 STIs you need to know about >>
1. «You can’t get STIs of oral sex.»
(Lips of the bags.) You can get ITS of oral sex. Oral sex is sexual activity as well as vaginal and anal sex.
The good news is that dental dams (a plastic piece that overvalues the vagina or anus) and condoms can help reduce the risk of STIs during oral sex.
2. «Douching after sex protects you from STIs.»
This is a not difficult. Douching after sex cannot protect you from STIs. In fact, the shower can increase the risk of STIs because it eliminates good bacteria along with bad bacteria in the vagina, which makes it more vulnerable to infection.
As a general rule, Douching gets the natural balance of his vagina and is not recommended for anyone, ever.
3. «You can get a bank clamidia in the gym.»
He has probably heard this jewel on social networks, but it is very unlikely that anyone obtains a bank in the gym or anywhere (unless he is perhaps occupied with his coach in that bank). For a one, clamidia is a bacterial infection and organisms cannot live outside the body, especially in hards like a bank. And chlamydia affects the surfaces of the mucosa, the internal lining of the vagina, the rectum and the mouth, through sex. Therefore, it would be extremely difficult for the body to get where you need to go without sexual activity.
4. «You can get an STIs from a public toilet seat.»
Obtaining an STIs of a toilet seat is also very, very unlikely. This is because ITS are transmitted from person to person during sex or by intimate contact from skin to skin. Even if an STIs passed in a toilet seat, the chances of surviving enough and somehow reach your body are not scarce.
5. «You can’t get an STI if you’re pregnant.»
You can get an STI if you are pregnant. And some STIs such as syphilis, HIV, clamidia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B and genital herpes can be transmitted to the baby during pregnancy or childbirth.
That is why it is important to be examined for STIs before getting pregnant or later in pregnancy to treat or control any infection.
Read: frequent questions about HIV and pregnancy >>
6. «Two condoms are better than one to protect against STIs.»
Double condoms is not twice the fun. When he places one condom on the other, the materials rub and that actually makes them weaker and more likely to break or break.
7. «STIs only happen to young people.»
Anyone who has sex, regardless of age, runs the risk of STIs. In fact, diagnostic rates have increased for people 35 years or older. It can reduce the risk of STIs through the use of a condom and/or dental dam every time you have sex. It is also a good idea for you and your partner to be tested before making the horizontal mambo.
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