Sexual Illness

The short answer is that yes, you should always use a condom in order to be as safe as possible. The longer answer is that while being a “virgin” (and remember, since that’s a social construction rather than a medical one, it is defined differently by different people) may reduce your risk, it does…

Anon: first things first. Obviously, on top of giving oral sex when you don’t even want to, you’ve also been doing it unprotected. So, the very first thing I’d advise you strongly to do is to go into your doctor or sexual healthcare clinic and get a full STI screen, including a screen for your mouth…

Ideally, after something like this, you’d want to flush your eye out with a lot of water, as an immediate measure. But more ideally, you don’t want to get semen in your eyes. That absolutely poses a risk of infection – as well as hurting like nobody’s business – including sexually transmitted…

Hi there, metronidazole (Flagyl) is the most common treatment for bacterial vaginosis (BV). While many people who contract BV don’t show symptoms, when they do, the discharge that usually occurs is milky-greyish and fishy-smelling. that doesn’t really fit with the description you gave. However it is…

What do you really know about HIV and AIDS? How sure are you that what you know is correct or complete, and how much do you think it matters that you know about HIV and AIDS at all?

Sarah, Sometimes, some folks just have REALLY sensitive noses, and will be convinced their genitals smell awful when they smell completely normal. That might be the case here with you. Too, if that profuse discharge is only happening for a few days once each menstrual cycle, that may simply be the…

I’m afraid you’re not going to like my answer very much. Really? You don’t want to be having intercourse – or even outercourse, if it isn’t comfortable and protected – when you’re not fully over a yeast infection (as your treatment will mention in the instructions). For starters, yeast infections…

I have genital herpes. Those people you see in the Valtrex commercials, running down a beach with five beautiful women chasing after them? Totally me.

Trichomoniasis is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, mainly affecting 16-to-35-year old females.

Syphilis has been called “the great imitator” because many of its signs look like other diseases. It is also difficult to know if someone has syphilis because a person might not have any symptoms at all.