Women HIV&STDs

According to the CDC, each year an average of 24,000 women contract an STD (sexually transmitted disease) that is undetected or untreated (CDC, 2011).  Untreated STDs can lead to the inability for women to get pregnant later in life. For women STDs are more serious and create more complications such as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, tubal pregnancies and long-lasting pelvic pain.  

Although the highest age group at risk for STDs are 15-24 years old, older women should NOT ignore safe sex practices.  Many of our older followers begin to ignore safe sex practices because the fear of getting pregnant is reduced.  However, in 2008 women ages 50 and older made up 15% of all new cases of HIV, and accounted for 35% of deaths from AIDS (CDC, 2008).

Our job as Proactive Women is to protect our selves from HIV and STDs before they occur we need to teach our mothers, daughters, and friends to take safe measures as well.  The best tool for protection against any STD since the 1920s is still the condom.  This pocket sized protection can keep us from ever having a "good time" threaten a great life! Sex can still be pleasurable and its even better when medications or infertility are not its aftermath.  Encourage your partner to use a condom or tell him, "all bets are OFF!!!"  If your more of the dominant type bring your own condom.  If your guy wants it that bad he wont decline.  Make condom use about your protection and pleasure.

Sources:
http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats10/trends2010.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/over50/resources/factsheets/pdf/over50.pdf