Using a condom is a great recommendation, but you should also be aware that a condom will NOT protect you if your partner has genital herpes. Genital herpes can be all over the genital area, rectum and upper legs, not just on the penis. And if a person is positive for genital herpes they will be shedding the virus (meaning, they will be infectious) for a few days before any sores are visible. If you are going down on someone and they have herpes, you can get infected in your eyes, which can lead to blindness. You can also infect yourself through what is called "secondary infection", by touching his penis and then say, touching your vagina... So be very careful and be sure to have a frank discussion with your partner about all of this.
Also crabs (genital lice), are VERY easy to contract; you only have to wear the same pants or even sleep in the same bed to catch them. But I'm sure if he has crabs you would have caught them already and you would KNOW you had them!
Anyway always best to be safe rather than sorry...
|