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1. In 2002, North Carolina had the ninth highest reported gonorrhea rate in the United States.
2. Chlamydia infection and the open lesions of herpes and syphilis make it easier for HIV or other viruses to enter your body if your partner is infected.
3. In each of the years 2001, 2002, 2003, NC experienced increases of new reports of HIV disease.
4. Nearly half of all HIV disease reports in NC (1999-2003) indicated heterosexual contact as their main risk.
    
    

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
can be
Prevented

Some things you can do to be safer are:

• Talk to your partner about staying safe
• Choose partners who are tested (especially for HIV)
• Choose to have only one partner (now and forever)
• Always use or have your partner use condoms (best if lubricated)
• Remember! If you get high, you may do things that put you at risk
• Don't Share Needles or Works
• Get a checkup, many STDs have no symptoms
  

For more information call:

• The National STD Hotline at

1-800-277-8922 (8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m., M - F)

• The National AIDS Hotline anytime 1-800-342-2437
• New Hanover County Health Department, for STD Information,
  (910)798-6650

HIV information (910)798-6650