Medical Q&As

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?

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