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Medical Advice for Gays
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is a proverb that goes, "Prevention is better than cure." Somehow this age
old maxim holds itself in good stead even today. In the context of health
it will simply mean that taking some precaution will be advantageous as it
will help you safeguard against disease. Thus it is advisable for all the
gay men to exercise precaution of some sort before they indulge in their
sexual activities. Moreover, some of the diseases that unsafe sexual activities
cause, happen to be incurable, thus it means prevention is the keyword all
the way.
It is imperative to find out about your partners
sexual past as well as his partners before you get on with the act. Such
questions might come in the way of both of you getting close, but in case
the person truly loves you he will understand as health does not happen to
be an issue that can be kept on a back burner while indulging in a sexual
act. The grave diseases like HIV and AIDS can be caused by the body fluids
like semen and the vaginal fluids. Thus even a little bit of penetration
of these fluids from an HIV or AIDS afflicted partner will mean a lifelong
suffering for you. The person who is afflicted with AIDS suffers from a
debilitated immune system as the HIV virus attacks the white blood cells
of the body. The reduced count of the white blood cells makes the body prone
to several diseases and infections.
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Thus it is absolutely necessary to use a condom
during sexual activities as this prevents transfere of the fluids. You can
also use a spermicide and avoid sex practices that pose risk. Apart from
semen and vaginal fluids, HIV and AIDS can also be contracted through blood.
This might happen through the blood transfusion or sharing same syringes
while taking drugs. So it is advisable to abstain from drugs. The risk of
acquiring the disease from blood transfusion is relatively low as the medical
fraternity takes measures to ensure that the blood is safe to be given to
the receivers. The risk also increases if you have too many sexual partners,
thus limit your sexual activity to a lesser number of partners.
One important bit of information that you need to know
is that it is not necessary that if a person is seemingly clean he can't
be suffering from STD. Often in the case of a person suffering from STD,
the victim might not know that he is afflicted with the disease as there
are no such symptoms. However, the risk of all this is gravely reduced by
using a protection measure such as wearing a condom. Be sure that in no way
should the fluids of your partner enter inside your body. Taking protection
measures will ensure that you go onto live a healthy life.
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