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Safety Under the Sheets: What You Need to Know About STIs. Sexually transmitted infections are both preventable and treatable. By Michelle Talsma Everson. |. April 25, 2022. |. Health. Share. Many of us are living longer, healthier lives — and that ...

"The best way to protect yourself and your partner is for the two of you to get tested for HIV and other STIs before sex," Flowers says. "It's important for anyone who tests positive for an STI to know that all STIs are treatable, and many are curable," Flowers says. One of the consequences of the stigma our society has around sex is stigma around STIs." She continues, "If you find out you have an STI after you've already had sex with someone, let them know about your status as soon as possible so they can get tested too. "In the same way that talking to our partner (or partners) about what we like and don't like makes sex better, so does talking to our partner about STIs, getting tested, and ways to have fun, pleasurable, safer sex," she says. Safer sex is part of a pleasurable and fun sex life," Flowers says. "Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions is that older people don't have to worry about STIs," McIntosh says. "Bacterial STIs like chlamydia and gonorrhea can be cleared up with antibiotics and you can move on with your life STI-free, if you take all the medicine as directed. The most recent CDC analysis shows that about one in five people in the U.S. have an STI. STIs can affect anyone who's sexually active regardless of age, gender identity, or sexual orientation," she says. However, according to experts at Tulane University, "Sexually transmitted infections, or STIs, are infections that have not yet developed into diseases, and can include bacteria, viruses or parasites such as pubic lice. Or they have mild signs and symptoms that can be easily overlooked. Many of us are living longer, healthier lives — and that means maintaining healthy, fulfilling sexual lives as we age.