How do STDs put me at risk of getting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?
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Dr. Michael Roizen answered:Although human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a fairly difficult disease to contract, exposure to other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) reduces the immune system's defenses and increases the likelihood that HIV will actually infect a person who has been exposed. Estimates are that a person with genital lesions (for example, from syphilis or herpes) is one hundred times more likely to contract HIV during a single sex act than someone who has never had an STD.
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Although human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a fairly difficult disease to contract, exposure to other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) reduces the immune system's defenses and increases the likelihood that HIV will actually infect a... More -
Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, can be transmitted by bodily fluids, including infected blood products, IV drug use or sex. As such, it is considered a sexually transmitted disease, or STD. Getting other STDs besides HIV does not increase your risk of getting HIV, but if you get an STD, then you likely have other factors or behaviors that increase the risk of contracting an STD, and therefore an increased risk of contracting HIV as well.Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, can be transmitted by bodily fluids, including infected blood products, IV drug use or sex. As such, it is considered a sexually transmitted disease, or STD. Getting other STDs besides HIV does not... More
