Answers

1. People who have an STD but do not have any symptoms can't infect others
False
2. You can't get HIV the first time you have sex with an HIV positive person
False
3. Having an STD once protects you from getting it again
False
4. People can't have more than one STD at a time
False
5. HIV is a disease for gay men and drug addicts only
False
6.

Birth control pills are an effective way to prevent the spread of STDs

False
7. Using a new condom and spermicide every time you have sex will help protect you from getting STDs
True
8. Old people can't get HIV
False
9. You can't get HIV from a mosquito bite
True
10. Syphilis can cause brain damage and blindness if not treated
True
11. All people that have HIV are skinny
False
12. HIV is the only STD that gets transmitted through blood and semen
False
13. A baby can't get HIV from his mother
False
14. If you test negative for HIV it means you are no longer at risk of getting HIV
False
15. STDs like HIV can't enter a person's body through herpes sores on the mouth
False
16. STD disorders appear only around the genital area
False
17. Hepatitis B can be transmitted through the blood
True
18. Chlamydia symptoms in both men and women can appear in the eyes, nose, mouth, vaginal and anal area.
True
19. Once genital warts go away, they never come back
False
20. Men can carry vaginitis - "trich"
True
21. The only way the HIV virus is transmitted is through sexual intercourse.
False
22. Once you've been cured of syphilis, you can get it again if you have sex with an infected person
True
23. If you have Chlamydia, Candidiasis, Vaginitis or Syphilis but have no symptoms, you don't have to get treated
False
24. You can get HIV from oral sex
True
25. A yeast infection is caused as a result of vaginal imbalance
True


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