There's no getting around it. If you're having sex, you may be infected with chlamydia, gonorrhea, or both. That's the bad news. The good news is it's easy to find out if you have either infection, they're easy to treat, and they're completely curable.

A good way to determine whether your risk of infection is high or relatively low is to consider your past and present sexual behavior.

You're more likely to be infected if:

• you have had sex with more than one person
• your boyfriend/girlfriend has had sex with more than one person
• your boyfriend/girlfriend has had a sexually transmitted infection in the past
• you don't use condoms (male or female)

You can lower your risk of infection by doing the following:

• don't have sex, or limit sexual contact to one
  uninfected partner
• use a latex condom every time you have sex (condoms
  do not provide complete protection from all STIs. Sores and lesions of other STIs on infected men and women may be present in areas not covered by the condom, resulting in transmission of an infection to another person)

Get tested now by asking your doctor for the BD BeAware™ test ... a simple urine test you should have every 6 to 12 months. Women should be sure to ask for the BD BeAware test every time they go for their annual Pap Smear. Have your boyfriend/girlfriend ask his/her doctor for the BD BeAware test too, because even once you get rid of an infection, you can get it again the next time you have unprotected sex.

So, how do you know if you have chlamydia and/or gonorrhea?
To find out the symptoms,.