The CDC has recognized April as “STD Awareness Month” and encourages all adults to get themselves tested.

Many STDs are “silent”, remaining hidden until they are later uncovered quite unexpectedly.  For example, in the case of many couples, the realization of infertility leads to a discovery of an STD in one (or both) partners.

The CDC offers a list of testing centers at their site:  www.cdc.gov/STD.  If you have been sexually active with more than one partner (or your partner has been sexually active with other people), getting checked can head off avoidable problems — like infertility and birth defects — in the future.