“I thought a yeast infection was a female issue and couldn’t possibly affect me,” says Clement Rosario from Bangalore.

“I’d heard of Candida, but I didn’t know exactly what it was – and I didn’t really care,” he says. But he had a nasty shock in store. “She thought I’d been cheating on her! The whole thing turned into a blame game.”

Wives and girlfriends of circumcised men have 28 percent fewer infections by a virus that can cause cervical cancer, according to a recent Lancet study.

The virus is high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection that also causes genital warts.

Candida is a fungal infection. It’s also known as yeast infection, Candidiasis, thrush, or genital Candidosis.

Candida usually exists as a harmless fungus that grows in the vagina, anus, mouth, and under the foreskin in uncircumcised men.

However, when yeast grows in excess it causes irritation and unpleasant symptoms in these areas.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) generally affects women. It’s when the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted by an increase of more ‘harmful’ bacteria.

BV isn’t actually a STD. But having sex can increase your chance of getting it. As well, BV increases your risk of getting HIV if you have unprotected sex with someone who’s HIV infected. This is why it's included in the STD section.

Scabies is a very itchy, contagious skin infection caused by the scabies mite.

You get rashes and pimples because of an allergic reaction to the scabies mites’ eggs and faeces.

The good news is that scabies is treatable!

1. I always have safe sex but now I’ve got a sexually transmitted disease! How is it possible?
By safe sex people usually mean using a condom when you have intercourse and making sure you don’t get sperm or menstrual blood in your mouth. You are then protected against HIV, the virus which causes AIDS, and you will also prevent infections such as Chlamydia and gonorrhoea.

Pubic lice are also known as ‘crabs’. Pubic lice are small parasites that dig underneath your skin, and feed on your blood.

If you’re infected, you can sometimes see them with your naked eye as tiny white dots on your pubic hair.

While annoying, crabs are curable.

Trichomoniasis is also known as ‘trich’. It’s an STD that affects both women and men, but women are more likely to have symptoms.

In rare cases, untreated trich can cause infertility in women.

If you know you’re infected with trich, it’s easy to treat. In rare cases, if untreated in women, it can lead to infertility.

HIV is short for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which causes AIDS. AIDS is short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

Worldwide, 34 million people have HIV/AIDS. It’s an STD that destroys your immune system. Over time, HIV damages your immune system so badly that you’re unable to fight off other infections. It’s only in the last stages of HIV infection that you develop AIDS.

Hepatitis B is a contagious liver disease caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.