Some patients often ask me in clinics and on the Internet: “I have a sexually transmitted disease, what should I pay attention to diet? Is it spicy and stimulating and beef and mutton these can not eat ah?” There are also some patients who ask: “In addition to cooperating with the treatment, what can I eat to get well faster?” So have a sexually transmitted disease, in the end need to avoid food? Let’s first look at what causes STDs. STDs are a group of diseases that can be transmitted through a variety of sexual contact, sexual behavior, commonly including syphilis, gonorrhea, nongonococcal urethritis, condyloma acuminatum, genital herpes, AIDS and so on. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by Helicobacter pallidus, gonorrhea is a suppurative infection caused by gonococcus, nongonococcal urethritis is most commonly caused by chlamydia, warts are caused by HPV (human papillomavirus), genital herpes is caused by HSV (Herpes Simplex Virus), and AIDS is caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). As you can see, STDs are caused by viruses, bacteria and other infections, and have nothing to do with diet. Standardized treatment in a hospital is the key. Do I need to avoid eating if I have ulcers, hyperplasia and erosion in my genital area? As mentioned above, after getting a sexually transmitted disease, the genital area of the breakage, hyperplasia, etc. are viruses, bacteria and other infections, not because of eating beef and mutton, seafood and other “hair” caused by skin allergies. So there is no basis for avoiding food, on the contrary, after the disease should be a balanced diet, reasonable supplement protein, vitamins, etc. to enhance the body’s resistance. Of course, if you are allergic to certain foods, these allergic foods need to be avoided. During the treatment period, patients also do not need to avoid food. Since STDs are caused by viral and bacterial infections, most of them are treated with appropriate methods of antiviral and antibacterial treatments, or physical and chemical methods to get rid of the proliferating warts, or drugs such as interferon to enhance autoimmunity. These are not in conflict with the daily diet, there is no special need to avoid food. In addition, because HPV infection will not only lead to warts, high-risk HPV infection is also closely related to cervical cancer. Therefore, women infected with HPV need to pay special attention to whether they have other gynecological diseases. Cold food is very irritating to the uterus and women should try to avoid it. In my outpatient clinic, I have seen patients who just ate cold drinks and their cervix became purple and swollen. If you crave for cold on a regular basis, it will put a great burden on the female reproductive organs. Moreover, HPV is an epithelialophilic virus, and most studies show that smokers have a double increased risk of HPV infection. Smoking can change the immune status of the cells of the cervical mucosa, which promotes tumor production. As you can see from the above, you don’t need to avoid food when you have an STD, instead you should have a balanced diet, pay attention to the combination of various nutrients in your food, and improve your body’s immunity. For women infected with HPV, it is important to quit smoking and eat fewer cold drinks to improve the self-clearance rate of HPV and reduce the potential risk of cervical cancer.