{"id":6080,"date":"2021-06-01T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/?page_id=6080"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:39:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T08:39:26","slug":"does-washing-after-sex-increase-the-risk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/does-washing-after-sex-increase-the-risk","title":{"rendered":"Does washing after sex increase the risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Q: Does washing after sex increase the risk?<\/h2>\n<p>A: Yes, it might. If you are in contact with sexual fluid it is better to wipe this off with a dry cloth. One study reported that infection rates were higher in people who washed after sex.<\/p>\n<p>Douching can spread the virus further and soap and water may make a vulnerable membrane an easier barrier to get through.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon or lime juice, even diluted, will also\u00a0<strong>increase<\/strong> the risk of transmission as it damages tissue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Does washing after sex increase the risk? A: Yes, it might. If you are in contact with sexual fluid it is better to wipe this off with a dry cloth. One study reported that infection rates were higher in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5467,"menu_order":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6080","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6080\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}