Experts have offered five reasons that help explain why sexually transmitted infection rates are rising among ageing people.
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, nor did she talk to me about screenings for chlamydia, syphilis, gonorrhea or HIV. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I didn’t ask her about sex, either.In my younger years, checkups typically included at least a mention of safer sex. Granted, the topic wasn’t as pressing during my married years.
“These individuals have limited knowledge about STIs – transmission, symptomology and ways to prevent them,” Smith says. He notes that educational resources are not readily available in senior centres, residential communities or doctors’ offices. And who wants to be the one to ask for them? Fulghum agrees, which is why she goes to those in need of resources. “These people have been smart their entire lives ...
Chris Skidmore, deputy director of Whitman County public health department in Washington state, says time-crunched providers often focus on “larger health concerns of folks at that age, like heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and cancer”, rather than sex education.Those over 55 may associate using condoms with avoiding pregnancy, not preventing STIs.
So what can be done to stop or slow rising STI rates among older people? Experts have two main suggestions:
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