Intimate protection is also necessary with "acquaintances"

In recent years, the number of reports of sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and genital warts in Guangzhou has continued to grow, with more than 4,000 cases of syphilis, more than 2,000 cases of genital warts, and about 1,000 cases of genital herpes. Clinicians have found that the infection routes of the infected groups have begun to change. The proportion of sexually transmitted diseases among acquaintances is slowly increasing, while the proportion of infection through seeking prostitutes for entertainment is decreasing.

An analysis of clinical patient conditions in recent years has found that the route of male sexual infection has changed from infection through seeking prostitutes for entertainment to infection through sexual intercourse with “acquaintances” such as white-collar workers, colleagues, and classmates. The proportion of new cases infected through the latter route has increased significantly. "It is difficult to find out the sexually transmitted disease history between so-called 'acquaintances'. Some patients said that they thought acquaintances would be relatively clean and safe, and often judged whether 'friends of friends' were clean based on 'friends' character'." The doctor said that he had treated a 29-year-old young man a year ago and was eventually diagnosed with HIV (AIDS virus). He insisted that he had never found a prostitute, "I just had a relationship with a female friend's close friend for a while." The young man said that his female friend was a very good person and he thought her "best friend" would be relatively safe.

Yu Yang reminded that even when having sex between friends or acquaintances, we must take precautions and not let our guard down; even if the sexually transmitted disease can be cured, it will still affect future fertility. He introduced that since he started practicing medicine, he has encountered many cases of men suffering from obstructive azoospermia due to reproductive tract infections. Many men have been infected with sexually transmitted diseases when they went out to "play" in the past, which led to fibrosis and blockage of the vas deferens, preventing sperm from coming out, thus affecting fertility.