Published August 25, 2012, 10:30 AM

AVOIDING STDS

The South Dakota Department of Health gives these tips to avoid sexually transmitted diseases.

The South Dakota Department of Health gives these tips to avoid sexually transmitted diseases.

• Abstain from sexual contact, or be in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested and is known to be uninfected.

• Limit your number of sexual partners.

• Use a condom.

• If you think you are infected, avoid sexual contact and visit a local sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic, hospital or your doctor.

• Bring your sex partners with you to the clinic so that they can be treated.

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