Sexual health clinics offer a wide range of different services, including; testing and treating sexually transmitted infections, giving advice about sexual health, giving out condoms & contraception, pregnancy testing, abortion advice and so much more! Sexual health clinics are also called genitourinary medicine (GUM), and sexual and reproductive healeth (SRH) clinics. Not all sexual health […]
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It really depends on which sexually transmitted disease that you have. Some symptoms can develop within a few days or weeks, but in some extreme cases it can take months or years for symptoms to appear. Sometimes you may not have any symptoms, and may not know that you have an STI. If there is […]
If you think you have a STI then you should go to your GP or local sexual health clinic. They will have a variety of tests available to confirm whether or not you did. Most STIs can be successfully and easily treated, but it is important to get any symptoms checked out as soon as […]
It is possible for men to catch thrush from a female partner, although it is very uncommon. Signs & symptoms In men, there are a variety of symptoms that may occur, these include: difficulty in pulling back the foreskin pain when passing urine lumpy discharge under the foreskin redness at the head the penis The […]
Premature ejaculation is where a man ejaculates too quickly whilst partaking in sexual intercourse. This is a common ejaculation problem in men. What consists as premature? A study of 500 couples found that the average time for ejaculation was around five minutes and thirty seconds. Although premature ejaculation could be any time before that, however […]
Anal sex does carry the risk of passing sexually transmitted infections. What is anal sex? Anal sex is a type of sexual activity that involves the anus. This includes penile penetration of the anus, penetrating the anus with a finger, or sex toys, and finally, oral sex of the anus. What are the risks of […]
No. Some women may bleed after having sex for the first time, whilst others won’t. A woman may bleed when she has penetrative sex for the first time because her hymen will break. The hymen is a thin piece of skin that partially covers the entrance to the vagina. The hymen can break easily from […]
When woman are having vaginal sex for the first time it can be a little painful. Having sex for the first time may also cause some bleeding, but this might not always be the case. If vaginal bleeding occurs when you have sex for the first time it may be because of the hymen breaking […]
Pain during or after sex can be caused by a few things, including illness, infection, physiology, or even a psychological problem. If you get pain during or after sex your body may be telling you that something is wrong, so don’t ignore it. If you do experience pain, then you should go to your GP […]
Oral sex is stimulating your partners genitals using your mouth and tongue. Unfortunately, you can contract sexual transmitted infections through oral sex, and it is one of the most common ways that STIs are passed on. Common STIs caught through oral sex There are a few STIs that are commonly caught through oral sex. Gonorrhoea […]