Hello doc, can having an std increases your risk of getting hiv even when you use a condom during sex?.please explain, i need to know. thanks

Yes: Not sure I understand the question, but...I believe having an active STD (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis) does increase the susceptibility to HIV transmission. But using a condom properly should protect you from HIV (and prevent you from passing the STD).

STD: Having an STD by itself does not increase your risk of HIV. But the action or behavior in which you acquired your STD will. HIV is acquired through unprotected sex or through blood exposure. Commend you for using a condom but having intercourse with multiple partners will definitely increase your risk for HIV or other STDs.

HIV risk: having an STD does not increase your risk of contracting HIV. Your chance of sexual exposure to HIV is determined by whether or not you use a condom correctly every time you have intercourse, especially if your partner's HIV status is + or unknown. If you have multiple sexual partners and have not practiced protected sex at all time, refrain from further intercourse until confirmed HIV- by test.

Yes: Having an STD does increase one's chance of contracting HIV in two main ways: By developing a lesion in genital region which would provided the entry point for teh virus to penetrate body and causing an immune response (due to STD) would make the new immune cells vulnerable to attack by HIV which mainly infects these.