I’m a guy, why do I need the HPV vaccine?
I’m a 15 year old guy and my doctor said she thinks I should get the HPV vaccine. Is the vaccine safe? And why do guys need a vaccine to protect them against a disease that affects females?
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I’m a 15 year old guy and my doctor said she thinks I should get the HPV vaccine. Is the vaccine safe? And why do guys need a vaccine to protect them against a disease that affects females?
I’m a 22-year-old guy, and I feel really embarrassed. I can’t get a hard on, or if I get one it goes away before I come. I feel like this shouldn’t be happening to me since I am so young.
What is foreplay? “Foreplay” is generally defined as any sexual or romantic activity that prepares someone for intercourse.
My doctor tested me for trich by taking a swab from my vagina, and then tested my urine for chlamydia. I don’t understand why I needed two types of STI tests.
How long can a person have trichomoniasis and carry it? Could it have been passed on almost three months with only light symptoms?
Somebody I was with told me he has chlamydia and that his clinic said I should be tested. I don’t have any symptoms. Do I really need to get tested?
I know this is probably stupid but, I was fingering someone last Saturday night and I had a hangnail on my finger. Could I have gotten HIV?
NGU Nongonococcal Urethritis Nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) is an infection of the urethra that is not caused by gonorrhea. NGU is most often caused by chlamydia. You
I am an 18 year old male. Every time I lay with my girlfriend and hold her I get an erection and prematurely ejaculate. Is there anything I can do to prevent this? Is there something wrong with me?
There were 2.5 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis reported in the United States in 2022. Rates of gonorrhea and chlamydia remain high, and rates of syphilis have gone up an alarming 80% since 2018.
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learn about Scabies Scabies is similar to pubic lice, but the bugs are too small to be seen. The bugs dig under the skin. How
Our experts tackle questions about herpes and oral sex, how long the virus can live on surfaces, and more.
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Crabs (a.k.a. pubic lice) Crabs are tiny little blood-sucking bugs (lice) that live in pubic hair and cause a lot of itching. Pubic hair is
Have you heard of MGEN? Mycoplasma genitalium, or Mgen, was first identified in 1981. It is a bacterium that can infect the reproductive tract and
Syphilis Early treatment is essential Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria. Even though it is curable, if syphilis isn’t treated, it
Trich is common and curable Trichomoniasis, sometimes called “trich” (pronounced “trick”), is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) that affects both females and males, but
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Herpes is common. More than two-thirds (67%) of people in the world have an infection with either herpes simplex type 1 or herpes simplex type 2.
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Learn about Gonorrhea Gonorrhea is a disease caused by bacteria that live and grow in areas such as the penis, vagina, eyes, mouth, throat or
Chlamydia is a very common sexually transmitted infection and teens and young adults have the highest rates of infection.
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