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I was just wondering will her period blood infect me or something with unprotected sex?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Menstrual blood: does not usually cause the other person to be infected - but there can be vaginal infections/ STD's that can be passed during unprotected sex.

Answered 10/2/2014

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