Sexual Health
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Contracting & Living With HIV
HIV is very complex viral infection. It is a very large subject area, and this article aims to provide a very basic overview of the illness. What Is HIV? HIV...
Diagnosing Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
The reproductive organs of the female body include the uterus, fallopian tubes and the ovaries. When these become inflamed it is called pelvic inflammatory d...
New Treatments for Vaginismus
Vaginismus is a female sexual problem that few women discuss very openly. This may prevent them accessing the various treatments that are available, most of...
The Consequences Of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
As pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is caused by infection and can result in sometimes severe inflammation of the pelvic organs, the consequences of this co...
Treating Genital Herpes
A sexually transmitted infection, genital herpes is developed by the transmission of the herpes simplex virus type 1 or most commonly type 2. The type 2 viru...
Vaginismus - The Facts
Vaginismus is a condition that affects females. It can make sexual contact and experiences uncomfortable or even painful and can be a source of frustration a...
What are the Treatment Options For Genital Warts?
Caused by the human papilloma virus, genital warts are spread through sexual contact. The human papilloma virus (HPV), is a virus that enters the body and ta...
What is Chlamydia & How is it Treated?
Chlamydia is an infection spread through having unprotected sex or being passed to the child during a vaginal delivery. It can be passed vaginally, anally or...
What is Gonorrhoea & How is it Treated?
Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted infection (STI). These infections used to be call sexually transmitted diseases and venereal diseases before that. It is...
What is Hepatitis & How is it Treated?
Hepatitis is a term that is used to describe inflammation of the liver. This can occur for a number of reasons, and in fact there are seven types of hepatiti...