STD or Sexually
Transmitted Disease! Are you really aware of them?
Today’s subject would not be popular for many Malaysians
especially among the Malays. It has been widely regarded as a
natural taboo to discuss sexual related issues openly here. However,
Sahabatul Ventures would like to address this issue nonetheless
since it has come to our attention that there are many men and women
out there who have a very open social lives and some of them has no
idea whatsoever about the problems that they may get themselves into
if such knowledge is not known in the first place.
This does not mean that we are cordoning such wild social lives
as practiced by today’s men and women. As Moslems, we knew too well
about what is right or wrong and this brief posting on STD or
Sexually Transmitted Disease is nothing but a decent effort to share
knowledge with readers. Please do not view us as some folks who are
trying to corrupt and stain our beloved Malay Malaysian community
with controversial information. If you feel that our work here today
would only do more harm than good to the community, please write to
us via our online correspondence form and notify us immediately. We
would remove this posting right away.
Now, let’s go back to the topic in hand. Unfortunately for most
Malay Malaysians, they only knew about seeking for cures or
treatments on STD after realizing that they had been infected. It is
indeed a very sad scene to see more and more Malay Malaysians are
involved in such diseases. It is frightening to think what would
happen to our future generations if such social ills are not curbed
and checked soon.
So, what is STD in the first place? STD stands for Sexually
Transmitted Disease, also at times referred to as venereal disease
or VD. It is actually a social disease that is caused by human
sexual relationships by means of sexual contact, vaginal
intercourse, oral sex or anal sex. STD can even be transmitted
through birth, use of needles or breastfeeding! Most of STDs are
transmitted through the mucous membranes of the penis, vulva and
mouth. Mucous membranes are not actually skins which is our first
protective barrier. Mucous membranes does not have any protective
mechanism, hence it is easy for foreign deadly pathogens to sneak in
into our body.
This is why STD infections are more likely to be caused by sexual
contacts than non-sexual contacts such as touching and shaking
hands. I hate to mention this but for the sake of knowledge; I guess
it should be okay. Even though mucous membranes does exists in our
mouth, kissing would not transmit any STDs. This has been proven in
many medical records but it is not entirely impossible. There have
been a few rare and isolated reported cases of STD that may have
been caused by kissing. Unfortunately, western medical world has
dismissed the probability that kissing might transmit STD many years
ago. They probably did that to avoid any unnecessary panic in their
western communities.
It is important to take note here that some STDs or Sexually
Transmitted Diseases can in fact be transmitted through direct skin
contact! If you are engaged in any homosexual (lesbians too)
activities, you should pay more attention to this. Herpes simplex
and HPV (human papillomavirus) are such examples of STD diseases
that can be transmitted through simple skin contact. I surely hope
that this revelation would put some sense to people in these sexual
groups.
One Malaysian Indian doctor once said to me that any forms
of contact with another person or bodily fluids of another person
can be considered to contain serious risk of transmitting STDs.
Western communities then introduced a new word called safe sex which
is quite common nowadays. They introduced many ways of decreasing
the risk of contracting STDs such as the usage of condoms. They even
go a step further by saying that the most effective way to prevent
STD contractions are by avoiding sexual activity with any infected
partner. They also encourage people to test their new partners for
STDs before committing into any sexual activities. Doesn’t that
sound really stupid? Who in the world today especially those who are
sexually active that would willingly allow themselves be the
subjects of a number of tests in the first place?
Moslems knew the solution to STDs long time ago. Just don’t get
involved in any pre-marital sexual activities! Plain and simple!
So, today you knew a little bit more about STD or Sexually
Transmitted Disease. Tell us; were you aware of STD before reading
this posting? Please place your vote down below.
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