Tag: diseases
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Can you get sick from sex?
For many of us, it sounds incomprehensible and even ridiculous to get sick after sex. However, there is a certain percentage of people who develop flu-like symptoms after intercourse. These include fever, runny nose, lethargy, joint stiffness, and short-term memory loss. Specialists refer to this condition as “Post Gas Illness Syndrome” (POIS). In patients suffering…
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Trichomoniasis is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection.
Trichomoniasis is a parasitic infection transmitted primarily through sexual contact. The parasite that causes the disease is Trichomonas vaginalis or Trichomonas vaginalis. It can also be contracted from public restrooms, locker room seats, and public bathrooms, as well as from improper use of tampons during menstrual bleeding or from soiled underwear. The infection itself does…
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Should we get vaccinated against cervical cancer?
Persistent infection with oncogenic types of HPV is a prerequisite for the development of cervical cancer, which affects about 500,000 women every year and causes about 260,000 deaths worldwide. It affects the cervix – the entrance to the uterus. It is caused by the human papillomavirus or HPV, which is sexually transmitted. There are over…
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What to do with papilloma infection?
Papillomavirus infections are widespread among the population, carriers are about 80% of people of reproductive age. Fortunately, no every time infection with the papillomavirus develops into a disease. There are over 100 different types of papillomaviruses. A small part of them does not leave traces on health. We can recognize the action of some of…
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Sexually transmitted infections – the most important thing for women
What are the symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection in a woman? In most cases, sexually transmitted infections are asymptomatic in women. Therefore, women often suffer from chronic genital infections, which they did not suspect or do not suspect. However, with the addition of a genital infection, characteristic symptoms are already manifested, leading women to…
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Candidiasis – now easily treated
Candidiasis, thrush, candidal colpitis … These are the names of the same disease that 75% of women suffer from in one form or another. Candidal colpitis is caused by microorganisms, and fungi of the genus Candida, hence its name. The size of these microorganisms is 1.5-10 microns, they are not visible to the naked eye.…
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Condylomas – what helps from them
Condylomas, or so-called genital warts, are common. They are more susceptible to pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems. Sometimes warts are confused with a banal accumulation of skin epithelium in one place. It’s not exactly a medical problem. One in 100 men have these growths, but because warts are contagious, it’s wise to…
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Syphilis is a French disease that mimics the symptoms of other diseases at the onset
Syphilis is one of the most unpleasant diseases in modern sexual medicine. This is a sexually transmitted infection that most often picks up in the more active younger generation and in general in people with pronounced promiscuity in behavior. The disease develops after infection with a bacterium called pallidum spirochete. In addition to syphilis, the…