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To reduce exposure to pathogens, keep your sexual activity to one person who is exclusively having sex with you. Follow these recommendations for potentially safer sex:
1: Before engaging in sexual activity with a new partner, consider your options. Talk about previous relationships, STI history, and drug use first.
2: Every time you have sex, use condoms. Rather than natural materials, go for a male condom consisting of latex or polyurethane. If you are allergic to latex, you should only use polyurethane. Polyurethane is used to make female condoms.
3: It has not been established if spermicides, whether used alone or in conjunction with condoms, offer protection against HIV, despite studies claiming that nonoxynol-9 spermicide kills HIV in lab tests.
4: If you engage in oral sex, ask your partner to use a condom to help protect your mouth (male or female).
5: Avoid using drugs or alcohol as they enhance your likelihood of engaging in high-risk sex.
6: After sexual activity, women shouldn't douche because it doesn't offer STI protection.
7: Additionally, it has the potential to disseminate an infection deeper into the reproductive system and can wipe away spermicidal defence.
8: Have periodic tests for STIs, Pap tests, and pelvic exams.
9: Keep an eye on your partner's physique. Be on the lookout for painful, blister, rash, or discharge symptoms.
10: Keep an eye out for any pain, blister, rash, or discharge on your body.
Think about having sex that isn't anal, oral, or vaginal. These are methods that don't entail touching mucosal membranes or exchanging bodily fluids.