STD RISKS

Know risks of what you can get if your partner is infected.

Performing Oral Sex – on a Man

Chlamydia Herpes Syphilis
Gonorrhea HPV (warts)
Hepatitis A* Shigella*

Performing Oral Sex – on a Woman

Herpes
HPV (warts)

Receiving Oral Sex – Man

Chlamydia Herpes
Gonorrhea Syphilis
NGU

Receiving Oral Sex – Woman

Herpes

Anal Sex – Top

Chlamydia Herpes NGU
Gonorrhea HIV Syphilis
Hepatitis B HPV (warts)

Anal Sex – Bottom

Chlamydia Hepatitis C HPV (warts)
Gonorrhea Herpes Syphilis
Hepatitis B HIV

Vaginal Sex – Man

Chlamydia Herpes NGU
Gonorrhea HIV Syphilis
Hepatitis B HPV (warts) Trichomoniasis

Vaginal Sex – Woman

Chlamydia Herpes Syphilis
Gonorrhea HIV Trichomoniasis
Hepatitis B HPV (warts)

Oral-Anal Sex

Amebiasis Giardia Shigella*
Campylobacter Hepatitis A*
Cryptosporidium Salmonella

 

*You could be at risk if the receiver has just topped someone else.

***Unprotected anal sex is a very high risk activity for a bottom, much more so than for a top. The risk of HIV transmission to a bottom during unprotected anal sex is 15 in 1,000 versus 3 in 10,000 from a bottom to a top.