Archive for February, 2008
Condoms & Sex Toys
Condoms should also be used through sex toys. By means of putting a condom on the sex toy a user offers advanced hygiene and inhibits diffusion of viruses if the sex toy is shared. Cleaning of anal sex toys is also a very significant subject as many anal sex toys are made of permeable materials. [...]
Posted: February 29th, 2008 under Information.
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Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea- infects the individual’s sensitive tissues of reproductive system.
• An individual can acquire this disease through all types of sexual contacts like oral sex.
• Indications- the indicators to Gonorrhea are very few which makes it all the more difficult to adjudicate it and so stop it from being transmitted from one to the other person [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Gonorrhea, Information, Prevention, Symptoms, Treatment.
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AIDS
Also called: HIV
AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It is the most advanced stages of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a virus that kills or damages cells of the body’s immune system.
HIV most often spreads through unprotected sex with an infected person. AIDS may also spread by sharing drug needles or [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2008 under HIV/AIDS.
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease- usually women are afflicted by this disease. It is a an infection in the upper genital tract and reproductive organs including ovaries, uterus and fallopian tubes.
• Spreads through- Chlamydia and Gonorrhea are the two STDs that are most often responsible for this disease. Women between 15 to 25 years of age are [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2008 under Information, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Prevention.
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Dangers Of Anal Sex
Anal sex is more dangerous than vaginal, since the very thin tissues of anus and rectum can be easily harmed during sex activities. Even minor damages can turn into “open gates” for a variety of bacteria and viruses, together with HIV. Anal sex does require some definite safety measures. First of all, any partners who [...]
Posted: February 14th, 2008 under Information.
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Chlamydia
• Infected via- the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis is the cause of this infection. Once this bacterium enters the individual’s body it affects his mucous membranes, eyelids and even reproductive tissues.
• Symptoms- the symptoms Chlamydia often confused with another similar STD called Gonorrhea and even with Conjunctivitis due to eyelid infection. The common symptoms to this [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2008 under Chlamydia, Information.
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Treatment for Trichomoniasis
Trichomoniasis can usually be cured with prescription drugs, either metronidazole or tinidazole, given by mouth in a single dose. The symptoms of trichomoniasis in infected men may disappear within a few weeks without treatment. However, an infected man, even a man who has never had symptoms or whose symptoms have stopped, can continue to infect [...]
Posted: February 10th, 2008 under Treatment, Trichomoniasis.
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