Kampagne gegen Syphilis, HIV & Co.

Auch Gröhe greift zum Gummi

Aufklärung statt Ausgrenzung: Das ist das Motto hinter „Liebesleben“, der neuen BZgA- Kampagne zur Prävention sexuell übertragbarer Krankheiten. Damit hat „Gib Aids keine Chance“ ausgedient. Was bleibt, ist das zeitlose Präventionsutensil: das Kondom.

Kampagne "Liebesleben" macht auf alle sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten aufmerksam, nicht nur auf Aids. (© [M] Plakat: BZgA / haltestelle: Illian)

Kampagne „Liebesleben“ macht auf alle sexuell übertragbaren Krankheiten aufmerksam.
(© [M] Plakat: BZgA / haltestelle: Illian)

Neu-Isenburg. Tina, wat kosten die Kondome?“ brüllt eine wasserstoffblonde Kassiererin durch einen Supermarkt. Unvergessen ist der Werbespot, in dem der Schauspieler und Autor Ingolf Lück – Nerd-Brille, Stirnband, Popperfrisur, Lauchstange und Baguette – im Supermarkt beim Einkauf von Kondomen „erwischt“ wird – und keinen juckt’s.

Im Gegenteil: Das Präventionsutensil wird aus der Schmuddelecke geholt und auf die Ebene einer Stange Lauch gestellt, deren Preis die Verkäuferin gerade nicht im Kopf hat.

Es war, als ob ein Fenster geöffnet wurde und frische Luft in einen Raum voller abgestandenem Mief strömte. Der Raum war das sich gerade vereinigende Deutschland. Es war 1989. Im Radio lief „Don’t worry, be happy“ von Bobby McFerrin, aber die Zeiten waren finster.

Seit knapp einem Jahrzehnt war die Krankheit Aids bekannt. Irrationale Ängste blühten. Die als „Lustseuche“ schwuler Männer verschrieene Virusinfektion hatte rückwärts gewandte Kräfte auf den Plan gerufen. Kardinal Joseph Ratzinger, der spätere Papst Benedikt XVI., sprach von Aids als der Gegenwehr der Natur.

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HIV Equal – Survival Guide: To PrEP or Not to PrEP
راهنما یا استراتژی بقا در برابر اچ آی وی: پیشگیری کنیم یا نکنیم

راهنما یا استراتژی بقا در برابر اچ آی وی: پیشگیری کنیم یا نکنیم

با استفاده از داروی تراوادا میتوان به مانند کاندوم تا احتمال 99 درصد از انتقال و ابتلا به اچ آی وی پیشگیری کرد. 

In most ways, sexually active men and women in the 90s had it worse than we do today. You couldn’t just swipe right to meet someone; you had to write down the directions if you were going to pick up a date for the first time, and HIV medications weren’t nearly as advanced as they are today. Yes, sex and dating in the 90s were a little trickier than they are today, but at least one question was a little easier to answer. If you wanted to practice safe sex, condoms were your only option. There was nothing to debate; you either wrapped it up or you didn’t. But today, if you are a gay man who is HIV-negative and sexually active, that question has become quite a bit more complicated.

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(Illustration by: Clarione Gutierrez)

PrEP is the pre-exposure prophylaxis pill that, when taken on a daily basis by someone who is HIV-negative, prevents the transmission of HIV by up to 99 percent. The drug, known as Truvada, has been available as PrEP since 2012, and research has continued to show its overwhelming success when taken correctly. Although doctors recommend that PrEP be used in conjunction with condoms because it does not protect against other STIs, people who use PrEP will experience the same efficacy rate of HIV prevention from Truvada whether they wear a condom or not, although condoms do provide an added layer of protection.

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HPV campaign to educate gay men

The Get Garded campaign aims at raising awareness about HPV in gay and bisexual men. (photo: Reuters)

The Get Garded campaign aims at raising awareness about HPV in gay and bisexual men. (photo: Reuters)

With women most often being mentioned when it comes to the Human Papollomavirus, the new campaign Get Garded will focus on high numbers in the gay and bisexual male community.

It’s not common knowledge that 60% of gay and bisexual men and nearly 80% of men who are HIV positive have HPV, according to Michael Kwag, knowledge translation manager with Health Initiative for Men.

HIM, Vancouver Coastal Health and the Fraser Health Authority have spearheaded the campaign to increase awareness about HPV and the Gardasil vaccine, Kwag said.

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Safer Sex („Safe Sex“) at a Glance

Reduces our risk of getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD)
Using condoms makes vaginal or anal intercourse safer sex
Using condoms or other barriers makes oral sex safer sex
Having sex play without intercourse can be even safer sex
Safer sex can be very pleasurable and exciting

How Can I Lower My Risk Using Safer Sex?

One way to have safer sex is to only have one partner who has no sexually transmitted infections and no other partners than you. But, this isn’t always the safest kind of safer sex. That’s because most people don’t know when they have infections. They are very likely to pass them on without knowing it.

Another other reason is that some people aren’t as honest as they should be. In fact, about 1 out of 3 people will say they don’t have an infection when they know they do, just to have sex. So most of us have to find other ways to practice safer sex.

No-risk safer sex play includes:

Low-risk safer sex play includes:

  • kissing
  • fondling — manual stimulation of one another
  • body-to-body rubbing — frottage, „grinding,“ or „dry humping“
  • oral sex (even safer with a condom or other barrier)
  • playing with sex toys — alone or with a partner

Highest risk sexual activities include:

  • vaginal intercourse
  • anal intercourse

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How Different Sexually Transmitted Infections Get Passed Along
Infections are passed in different ways. Here are the basics:

VAGINAL OR ANAL INTERCOURSE WITHOUT A CONDOM — HIGH RISK FOR PASSING

ORAL SEX WITHOUT A CONDOM — HIGH RISK FOR PASSING

  • CMV
  • gonorrhea
  • hepatitis B
  • herpes
  • syphilis

SKIN-TO-SKIN SEX PLAY WITHOUT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE — RISKY FOR PASSING

  • CMV
  • herpes
  • HPV
  • pubic lice
  • scabies

Lots of other infections, from the flu to mononucleosis, can also be passed during sex play.

Source:  Planned Parenthood

Sexuell übertragbare Erkrankungen (STD)

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Sexuell übertragbare Erkrankungen, im Deutschen auch engl. STD (sexually transmitted diseases) oder STI (sexually transmitted infections) genannt, sind jene Krankheiten, die auch oder hauptsächlich durch den Geschlechtsverkehr übertragen werden können. Sie können von Bakterien, Viren, Pilzen, Protozoen und Arthropoden verursacht werden.

Geschlechtskrankheiten (engl. VD (venereal disease)) im engeren Sinn oder Venerea (Wortherkunft siehe Venerologie), in den Tiermedizinischen Deckseuchen, werden jene sexuell übertragbaren Erkrankungen genannt, für die für behandelnde Ärzte eine gesetzliche Meldepflicht an die Behörden besteht oder bestand.

Die „klassischen Geschlechtskrankheiten“ (Syphilis, Gonorrhoe, Ulcus molle und Lymphogranuloma venereum) hatten bis vor kurzem nur mehr geringe Bedeutung, da sie selten geworden waren. Neuerdings mehren sich die Erkrankungsfälle wieder (siehe unten).
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Sexually transmitted disease (STD)

also referred to as sexually transmitted infections (STI) and venereal diseases (VD), are illnesses that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of human sexual behavior, including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex. While in the past, these illnesses have mostly been referred to as STDs or VD, in recent years the term sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has been preferred, as it has a broader range of meaning; a person may be infected, and may potentially infect others, without having a disease. Some STIs can also be transmitted via the use of IV drug needles after its use by an infected person, as well as through childbirth or breastfeeding. Sexually transmitted infections have been well known for hundreds of years, and venereology is the branch of medicine that studies these diseases.

Bacterial

Fungal

Viral

Parasites

Protozoal

Source: Wikipedia