Most STIs can have dangerous consequences and require professional medical care. However, most can also be managed or cured with medication. People who aren't treated and cured may never be able to have children. AIDS is the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS is the last stage of an HIV infection and usually causes death.
Safer sex decreases the exchange of semen, vaginal fluids, and blood between partners.
It lowers the risk of transmitting HIV and other infections while having sex. Knowledge and good judgment are the most important elements of safer sex. Alcohol and drugs impair judgment and should be avoided whenever having sex is a possibility. The safest way to prevent STIs is to abstain from intercourse. The riskiest sexual activities are unprotected vaginal and anal intercourse.