Since many STDs, including HIV, do not produce any immediate symptoms in those who have them, a partner can be a carrier for months or even years and never know it. For example, chlamydia is asymptomatic in 75 percent of women and 25 percent of men who have the disease. It is possible that you may have an STD even if your symptoms have seemed to have disappeared. You may still be capable of transmitting an infection to other sexual partners. Safer sex can also help intercourse last longer and provides a range of new sensations which many people find pleasurable.
Safer sex reduces the risk of conception during heterosexual sex.
STD's know no race, religion, nationality, age, or sexual preference. Individuals can contract an STD during their first sexual contact. STD's can be transmitted during unsafe intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex. Certain STDs, including HIV and Hepatitis B, can be transmitted through contact with infected blood. If you use hypodermic needles, make sure it is sterile and that you are the only person who has and will ever use the needle.