Saturday, September 27, 2008
Old people and Sex
I recently had a series of lectures on geriatric patients including what kinds of foods they eat, delirium, and sex. I was surprised at home many seniors still have sex and even more surprised at the amount of STDs these people have! About 12% of people with HIV are over the age of 50! And most of these people would be new cases because the treatments have not been around that long to increase longevity of those infected in the 70s and early 80s. Because normally men die younger than women the population in a nursing home or senior apartment complex can be 7 women:1 man! So it is assumed that guys will have multiple partners. And since most of these people probably have never had the "safe sex" talk diseases like chlamydia and syphilis are way too common. I just recently came to terms with having to give the awkward sex talk to teenagers, but now it seems like at some point I will have to talk to everyone over the age of 10 about sex!
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