Use Of Sex Toys Can Infect Infections? Here's An Expert Explanation

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JAKARTA - Sex toys or sex toys are often used during sexual intercourse to add to the sensation of pleasure. However, in the use of sex toys, you must also be very aware of the possibility of sexually transmitted infection (IMS).

Quoted from Healthshots, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, sex toys generally don't cause IMS. IMS can be transmitted and spread if someone who uses the sex toys has been infected before.

The sex toy will be contaminated with manifold water, blood, pre-sperms, vaginal secretions, and other body fluids, so that if reused it can transmit infection.

The risk of transmission is increasing if sex toys are not cleaned properly. Sharing body fluids through contaminated sex toys will accelerate the spread of the infection.

One of the health problems that can be caused is the transmission of Human Papillomavirus (HPV). If a sex toys contaminated with HPV are used by others without cleaning or using condoms, the virus can be transmitted and cause genital skin to cancer.

Another health disorder that may occur is the transmission of the simplex fear virus (HSV). Some of the symptoms that appear in sufferers are painful or lephouse wounds on the genitals, rectum, or mouth.

"Herpes can spread through skin to skin contact with infected areas, including through sex toys in contact with infected genitals," said gynecologist and obstetrician, Dr. Vinatha Puli.

' Parasitic infections can also be transmitted through contact with infected genital secretions. Sex toys that are shared and not clean can bring parasites from one person to another,' he added.

Therefore, if you want to use sex during sex, you should pay attention to several things. Starting from cleaning properly before using it, don't share usage with other people, to still use condoms when using sex toys.