{"id":1097,"date":"2026-09-25T04:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2026-09-25T04:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:23:08","slug":"how-is-std-transmission-reduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/how-is-std-transmission-reduced\/","title":{"rendered":"How is STD transmission reduced?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Abstinence from sexual activity is the only guarantee to avoid infection.<br \/>\nGood communication and mutual agreement among sex partners who<br \/>\nonly have sex with each other and have been tested for STDs.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Using condoms (male or female) with lubrication and changing condoms<br \/>\nbetween different sexual activities and\/or partners can reduce STD risk.<br \/>\nLatex gloves with lubrication and\/or dental dams may also reduce risk of<br \/>\nSTD transmission for some forms of sex (i.e. rimming, fisting, cunnilingus)<br \/>\nReducing the number of partners to one or as few as possible also<br \/>\nlowers the risk of STD infection.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Remember, STD prevention involves more than not sharing blood,<br \/>\nsemen, or sexual fluids, since transmission of some common STD<br \/>\norganisms occurs by direct contact with STD sores, lesions or infected<br \/>\nskin. Condoms help reduce transmission of most STDs during sex.<\/li>\n<li>The spermicide Nonoxynol-9 is not recommended for STD prevention, alone<br \/>\nor with condoms, due to the possible irritation of the genital tissues resulting<br \/>\nin an increase chance for HIV infection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Abstinence from sexual activity is the only guarantee to avoid infection. Good communication and mutual agreement among sex partners who only have sex with each other and have been tested for STDs. \u00a0Using condoms (male or female) with lubrication and changing condoms between different sexual activities and\/or partners can reduce STD risk. Latex gloves with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-std"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1098,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions\/1098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubaistdclinic.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}