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There are a lot of STDs you can get by just rubbing Skin together or even sharing blankets or bedding with someone who has an STD. Babies can also be born to mothers who have the STD.
If a person has Genital Herpes you can get it by rubbing genital areas together. You can also get Cold Sores from kissing someone. Many kids get Cold sores from being kissed by an adult relative who has the virus. Even if the person is not having an outbreak, they can be "shedding" the virus after the sores have disappeared. Mothers can also pass it to their child at birth.
HPV is another STD you can by rubbing genital areas together. If the person has Genital warts (caused by HPV) and the other person rubs up against them, they can contract HPV. HPV also causes hand and feet warts, which can be spread by rubbing feet together and even shaking hands (but this is more rare).
Crabs (Pubic Lice) is spread by skin-to-skin contact, or in clothing, bedding, or on a toilet seat harboring the insects. This is the ONLY STD you can get from a toilet seat and even this is REALLY rare.
Chancroid sores are spread through skin-to-skin contact with open sores, from hands that have touched a sore, or from sex toys such as a vibrator or dildo that have touched a sore.
Chlamydia can be passed by sharing sex toys, touching parts of the body with fingers (for example, Chlamydia often occurs in the eyes). You can NOT catch chlamydia from simple kissing, sharing baths, towels, cups, or from toilet seats.
Gonorrhea (Clap) can be spread by sharing sex toys, touching parts of the body with fingers (for example, touching the private parts and then the eyes), any very close physical contact - the bacteria can be passed from hand to hand (very rare isolated cases), and from a mother to her baby at birth. You can NOT catch it from simple kissing, sharing baths, towels, cups, or from toilet seats.
All types of Hepatitis can be spread without sex.
Type A hepatitis is contracted through anal-oral contact, by coming in contact with the feces of someone with Hepatitis A, or by Eating or drinking hepatitis A contaminated food or water.
Type B hepatitis can be contracted from infected Blood or contaminated drug needles, including tattoo or body-piercing equipment. It can also be spread from a mother to her newborn.
Type C hepatitis is not easily spread through sex. You're more likely to get it through contact with infected blood, contaminated razors, needles, tattoo and body-piercing equipment, or manicure or pedicure tools that Haven't been properly sanitized, and a mother can pass it to her baby during Delivery.
Type D hepatitis can be passed through contact with infected blood, or contaminated needles.
Type E hepatitis is most likely to be transmitted in feces, through oral contact, or in water that's been contaminated.
HIV/AIDS can be spread from an HIV-positive mother to her baby, Blood Transfusions, and sharing needles if you do intravenous drugs.
Scabies can be spread through close contact or through sleeping in bedding or wearing clothes that are infested. Rarely, holding or shaking hands can transmit scabies.
Syphilis mothers can pass it to their babies by touching syphilis sores (chancres) and then touching the baby.
I have Herpes and HPV.
http://std-gov.org/stds/std.htm...
