Sexually Transmitted Diseases: 3 Surprising Infections You Could Get From Sexual Intercourse

Many people are aware of the common sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV, herpes simplex type 2, gonorrhea and chlamydia. However, there are other diseases that most people do not know could be transmitted sexually.

Being aware of the different sexually transmitted diseases can motivate people to avoid unsafe sex. Medical Daily shared some of the most well-known infections that are actually sexually transmitted diseases.

1. Scabies

Most people are not aware that scabies can be a sexually transmitted infection. The mites that cause the severe itching can be spread to another person through prolonged and intimate physical contact. Scabies is usually treated through topical creams.

2. Typhoid Fever

Typhoid fever is another disease that most people do not know could be transmitted sexually. The Typhoid Fever outbreak in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana that affected eight men was actually sexually transmitted to them by one man. "His sexual partners had likely caught it through oral-anal contact or oral sex, the bacterial particles shed by the man's anus close enough to find themselves a new host," Medical Daily reports.

3. Zika Virus

One of the most surprising sexually transmitted diseases is Zika virus. Most people think that Zika virus can only be transmitted through the bite of infected mosquitoes. But it can also be transmitted through a man's semen before, during and after his disease symptoms disappear, CDC explains. However, it is not yet known how long Zika virus can stay in a man's semen after the symptoms disappear.