Medical Q&As

Sexual Health
Here is the list of questions & answers related to Sexual Health
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- Abnormal penis
- Abnormal smear - cause of pain?
- Abortion - do I tell my GP?
- Acute Hepatitis C - explain?
- Amniocentesis - available in Ireland?
- Antdepressants - side effects?
- Antenatal visits - students present?
- Bacterial vaginitis
- Balanitis xerotica obliterans - what is it?
- Bartholin's abscess?
- Blood group
- Blood groups
- Blood in urine - after intercourse?
- Breakthrough bleeding
- Breakthrough bleeding - change pill?
- Breakthrough bleeding - dangerous?
- Breakthrough bleeding - what to do?
- Breast buds - need investigation?
- Breast discharge
- Breast lump
- Breast lumps
- Breastfeeding - no period yet?
- Cancer risk - health checks?
- Cervical cancer - risk of other cancer?
- Cervical erosions - worried?
- Child with erection - abnormal?
- Chlamydia - consequences?
- Chlamydia - following one night stand?
- Chlamydia - no symptoms?
- Chlamydia - serious?
- Chlamydia - treatment risks?
- CIN 111 - very worried?
- CIN changes - recur in pregnancy?
- Circumcision - for non medical reasons?
- Circumcision - pain relief?
- Circumcision - routine in Ireland?
- Coil expulsion - anal intercourse?
- Colposcopy - what is it?
- Conceive during period?
- Conception
- Conception - alcohol/cigarettes?
- Conception - does sex position matter?
- Conception - faulty implantation?
- Conception - periods after conception?
- Conception - sex during periods?
- Conception - stopping the pill?
- Condoms - failure rate?
- Contraceptive injection - faulty technique?
- Contraceptive injection - no periods?
- Contraceptive pill - changing brand?
- Contraceptive pill - leg pain?
- Contraceptive pill - ok to swallow with tea?
- Contraceptive pill - safe with ginseng?
- Crab lice -how do I get rid of them?
- Crisis pregnancy - help?
- Crisis pregnancy - too young for abortion?
- Cystitis - not getting better?
- Cystitis - treatment?
- Depo-Provera
- Depression - sexual difficulty?
- Dianette - interact with antibiotics?
- Diaphragm - available where?
- Discharge during pregnancy
- Dream - very frightening?
- Ejaculation - doesn't happen?
- Emergency contraception
- Emergency contraception - do I need it?
- Emergency contraception - effectiveness?
- Emergency contraception - over reliance on it?
- Emergency contraception - too late?
- Endometrial ablation - instead of hysterectomy?
- Endometriosis - laparoscopy necessary?
- Endometriosis - laser treatment?
- Erectile failure
- Erection - can't ejaculate?
- Erection problems - drug interactions
- Erosion of the cervix
- Facial hair - not growing?
- Fallopian tube
- Female infertilty - periods regular?
- Female sterilisation - where to go?
- Fertility - testing before trying?
- First period
- Flying and pregnancy
- Foreskin - painful injury?
- Frenulum - has torn a second time?
- Genital herpes - what do I do?
- Genital lump - what to do?
- Genital rash
- Genital wart
- Genital wart - help?
- Genital warts - cervical cancer risk?
- Genital warts - no symptoms?
- Genital warts - what to do?
- Genital warts - which treatment ?
- Getting pregnant
- Gynaecology fears
- Gynaecomastia - cosmetic surgery?
- Gynaecomastia - treatment?
- H.R.T. - still need it?
- Headache - during orgasm?
- Herpes - risk of spread?
- HIV - persistence of antibodies?
- HIV test - need to wait?
- HIV testing - when?
- HPV - present for how long?
- HRT - no relief yet?
- HRT - weight gain?
- Human papilloma virus - health risks?
- Hydatidiform mole - please explain?
- Hydrocoele - do nothing?
- Hydrocoele - hasn't disappeared?
- Hysterectomy - complications?
- Hysterectomy - perforated uterus?
- Impotence - radical prostatectomy?
- Infertility - investigate now?
- Infertility - significance of the MAR test?
- Infertility - sperm antibodies?
- Injectable contraceptives - no periods?
- Inverted nipple - cause for concern?
- Inverted nipples - surgical repair?
- Is my baby normal?
- IVF - what does it involve?
- LLETZ - affect fertility?
- LLETZ - explain?
- Loss of libido - for past ten years?
- Low sex drive
- Low sex drive - why?
- Low sperm count
- Low sperm count - remedy?
- Male breast tissue - OTC remedy?
- Male infertility - treatment in Ireland?
- Manic depression
- Masturbation
- Masturbation - counselling?
- Medical records - transfer from previous doctor?
- Medical secretary - access to my files?
- Mirena coil - contraceptive effect begins?
- Mirena coil - heavy periods?
- Mirena coil - pessaries safe?
- Miscarriage
- Miscarriage - conceive soon after?
- Miscarriage - first period?
- Miscarriage - no period yet?
- Miscarriage - resume sex when?
- Mittelschmerz - treatment options?
- Mobic - safe if trying to conceive?
- Morning after pill - affect menstruation?
- Morning after pill - cost?
- Morning after pill - didn't work?
- Morning after pill - where do I get it?
- Morning sickness
- Mumps - male infertility?
- Oral sex - HIV risk?
- Oral sex - STD risk?
- Oral thrush - transmit to partner?
- Orchidectomy - removal of a testicle
- Orchidectomy - why was it done?
- Orgasm - never had one?
- Orgasm - never happens?
- Ovarian cysts
- Ovulation - twice in one cycle?
- Pain at ovulation - why?
- PCOS - possible to conceive?
- Pearly papules - elimination?
- Penile erection - on waking?
- Penile thrush
- Penile thrush - treatment?
- Penis - bleeding during intercourse?
- Penis - haemorrhage risk?
- Penis size - make bigger?
- Perforated womb - difficult to get pregnant?
- Perineal tear - need for section?
- Periods
- Periods - bring them forward?
- Periods - too frequent?
- Phimosis - why does it happen?
- Pill breaks
- Pill side effects
- Pornography - addicted to sex?
- Post abortion - health not good?
- Precocious puberty - explain?
- Prednisolone - side effects?
- Pregnancy - who's the father?
- Pregnancy test
- Pregnancy test - evidence of previous pregnancy?
- Pregnancy test - negative result?
- Pregnancy test - positive before missed period?
- Pregnant with CIN 3 - what can be done?
- Premature ejaculation - due to tight foreskin?
- Premature ejaculation - help?
- Premature ejaculation - weak pelvic muscles?
- Pressure pains
- Progestogen - second versus third generation?
- Prolactin - high levels?
- Prolapse of the womb
- Prostate cancer - sexual abstinence?
- Prostate gland
- Prostate test - how often?
- Prostatectomy - role for Viagra?
- Puberty - developing early?
- Puberty - small testicles?
- Pubic pain - pregnancy related?
- Rape
- Reduced libido - pill responsible?
- Removal of testicle - infertility?
- S.T.D. testing available where?
- Scrotal swelling - cancerous?
- Semen - blood present?
- Semen - blood present?
- Semen - normal colour?
- Semen - small volume?
- Sex change - available in Ireland?
- Sex drive - testosterone treatment?
- Sexual abuse - need counselling?
- Sexual desire - problem?
- Sexual intercourse - bleeding afterwards?
- Sexual intercourse - disappointing experience?
- Sexual intercourse - emergency protection?
- Shingles - affect fertility?
- Short cycle - affect fertility?
- Skin tags - treatment?
- Smear test
- Smear test - abnormal result?
- Smear test - accompanied by boyfriend?
- Smear test - after hysterectomy?
- Smear test - bleeding?
- Smear test - detect STD?
- Smear test - how often?
- Smear test - is it safe for me to get pregnant?
- Smear test - necessary for virgin?
- Smear test / when
- Smegma - what is it?
- Sperm - survival after ejaculation?
- Sperm count - low due to hernia repair?
- Spots on penis - what are they?
- STD - wart on foreskin?
- STD clinics - Dublin?
- STDs - screening in Dublin?
- Sterilisation - afraid to get pregnant?
- Stopped the pill - no periods yet?
- Stopping the pill
- Subtotal hysterectomy - why?
- Swollen testicle
- Syphilis - symptoms?
- Tamoxifen - side-effects?
- Tampons - safe with IUCD?
- Tender breast - mammogram?
- Testicle - retracts up from scrotum?
- Testicle - undescended?
- Testicle examination - routine?
- Testicular cancer - lymph node removal?
- Testicular cancer - risk for brothers?
- Testicular lump
- Testicular lump
- Testicular lump - the scan was normal but I'm still worried.
- Testicular lump - worried wife?
- Testicular pain - lump present?
- The pill
- The pill - absorption?
- The pill - am I protected yet?
- The pill - antibiotics?
- The pill - avoiding 7 day break?
- The pill - blood clots?
- The pill - changed by pharmacist?
- The pill - confidentiality?
- The pill - do antibiotics render it ineffective?
- The pill - drug interactions?
- The pill - harmful to baby?
- The pill - interact with vitamin C?
- The pill - need for condoms?
- The pill - not completing the packet?
- The pill - periods different?
- The pill - pill free interval?
- The pill - safe to donate blood?
- The pill - safe to resume?
- The pill - take before meals?
- The pill - time zones?
- The pill - took two pills in error?
- The pill - undiagnosed pregnancy?
- Thirteen years old - no period yet?
- Threatened miscarriage
- Thrush - frequent occurrence?
- Thrush - treat partner?
- Thrush - treatment not working?
- Tilted womb
- Torn frenulum?
- Torsion of testicle - future fertility?
- Transexuals - medical services?
- Tubal ligation - describe?
- Ultrasound of testicle - how's it done?
- Undescended testicle - post repair?
- Undescended testicle - repair in sixteen-year-old?
- Undescended testicle - surgery?
- Unprotected intercourse - morning after pill failure?
- Urethral stricture - explain?
- UTI - treated but no better?
- Vagina - too small?
- Vaginal bleeding
- Vaginal discharge
- Vaginal discharge - thrush?
- Vaginal douche - explain?
- Vaginal irritation - condom allergy?
- Vaginal odour - how can I get rid of it?
- Vaginal spots - warts?
- Vaginal swab - culture and sensitivity?
- Vaginismus
- Vaginismus - want to conceive?
- Vasectomy - where can it be done?
- Vermox - safe with the pill?
- Virginity - hymen intact?
- Vulvodynia
- Wet dreams - interested in someone else?
- Womb - abnormal position?
- Womb cancer - period related?