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Getting answers about your sexual health is important. If you have questions about women’s sexual health or men’s sexual health, talk openly with your doctor. There’s no reason to be embarrassed about sexual problems. Your doctor can effectively treat a wide variety of sexual problems, including erectile dysfunction, genital herpes, HPV, HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

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Safe Sex: Preventing HIV, AIDS, and Other STDs

Do you think that practicing safe sex takes the joy out of sex? It doesn't have to. Safe sex practices simply combine the greatest pleasure with the least risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted disease (STDs), such as herpes or syphilis. Safe sex can actually enhance your sex life by increasing communication and trust between you and your sexual partners.

What Is the Safest Sex?

Of course, the safest sex is no sex at all (abstinence). But the safest sex is sex that is shared between two people who are not infected with any STDs, (including HIV), who only have sex with each other, and who don't use injectable drugs. If your partner is infected with HIV or another STD, or you don't know your partner's sexual history, the safest sexual activities include: