How are HIV and other STDs connected?

If a person has been diagnosed with any STDs, they are strongly advised to test for other STDs as well. The rationale is that a risk event that has occurred could have caused infection with various types of STDs.

In addition, STDs can make a person more vulnerable to contacting HIV, since sores and other abnormalities on the skin reduce the efficacy of this natural barrier.

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