Surgery & Sex

A Word From Very well. Following any type of surgery, try to be patient and allow yourself to heal before you return to sexual activity with your partner. When you are truly healthy and ready, you can safely return to sexual intercourse. ... When sex gives more pain than pleasure.
Some health conditions, which may become serious without treatment, can be passed from one person to another through sex. Safer sex is sex that reduces the chances of transmitting or getting STIs, including HIV. It involves certain actions (e.g., using a condom) that prevent person-to-person sharing of bodily fluids which can spread STIs. Choosing to have safer sex shows that you care about the pleasure and health of yourself and your sexual partner(s).

For people living with HIV, safer sex is important because it can prevent infection with other STIs that can weaken the immune system. If all partners are living with HIV, safer sex can also reduce the chances of getting another strain of HIV that is resistant to the HIV drugs you are taking. Taking HIV drugs is also a part of safer sex for people living with HIV. When a person's viral load has reached undetectable levels (not enough HIV in their bloodstream for a standard test to measure), they cannot transmit HIV to anyone through sex.