Sexually Transmitted Diseases that are Good for You

[vellavu]

Surprising benefits of sexually transmitted infections

Around the age when my interest in boys went from beating them at monkey bar tag to stealing smooches behind the high school, my mum had the sex talk with me.

We talked about consent, respect, not getting pregnant and very importantly: “do not get a sexually transmitted disease.” No glove, no love.

This was, of course, very good advice. It’s thought by the World Health Organization that worldwide, more than one million people a day acquire a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Some of these infections will affect your fertility, others cause even more worrying health issues. There are many reasons to prevent these unwanted travellers from taking up residence in our body.

The nasty rep of STDs or STIs (sexually transmitted infections) could be why very little consideration is given to the idea that some of the microbes hitching a ride between individuals on the sexual fluids highway, might be beneficial. What if, in protecting ourselves from the bad bugs we know about, we’re missing out on microbes that could provide all sorts of benefits?

A growing body of evidence suggests there is good reason to have a closer look.

 

[ILLYRIAN]

Phew, is that all, only 1,000,000 a day? That means the odds are 1 in 7,000.
That ain't bad though I must disagree with one sentence,
'There are many reasons to prevent these unwanted travellers from taking up residence in our body.'
That sentence should read.
There are many reasons to prevent these unwanted travellers from taking up residence in YOUR body!

That isn't people in Black Thorn either.

 

[white avenger]

This thread, plus the recent death of Mary Tyler Moore, brings to mind an old movie that she was in with, I believe, George Peppard, called "What's So Bad About Feeling Good?" It involved an outbreak of something called "euphoric flu" which actually made those infected feel happy. The plot of the movie was the efforts of a small group of the infected, including Moore, to turn the local outbreak into a worldwide epidemic.

Just think of the potential for a remake involving a disease that was transmitted by sexual contact, rather than being airborne. It could bring an entirely new meaning to what Xander once referred to as giving someone "a happy." Then imagine the challenge of making the movie PG-13, with a TV series spinoff.

(Maybe Hillary was right after all. I really am despicable)