Anyone who is sexually active could get a sexually transmitted infection (STI). You get them because of what you do, not who you are. You can't tell by looking at someone whether he or she has an STI. The safest thing you can do is assume a new partner might have an STI and use condoms to minimise your chances of getting it. Some diseases often have no symptoms or the symptoms don't emerge for weeks or even years. By then, the damage to your health by way of infertility or other more dangerous complications has been done. That's why it's essential to get regularly tested if you aren't in a long-term, monogamous relationship - assuming that both of you have been tested at the outset.
If you are diagnosed with an STI, you need to have it treated before having sex again and to tell your partner or partners to ensure that they also get treatment.
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