What is virginity?
As a definition, virginity can be described as a physic and psychic case of the human body, in correlation to sexual activity. A virgin man is someone that never had any sexual contact. If women can loose virginity also by riding or practicing some sports, men will loose it only by masturbation […]
The impossibility of conceiving a child is a major problem for a couple, especially when partners wants to have became parents.
The infertility area have been seriously analysed lately; that’s why medicine made important steps in solving this problem.
Relatively new, the method of insemination with donor semen, offered already the possibility of achieving pregnancy for some […]
Molluscum contagiosum is a chronic disease caused by DNA poxvirus (the largest virus known) through direct skin contact.
It affects the oral mucosa (mouth, tongue), the genital parts of the body, palms and even soles.
It manifests by red, yellow, white or translucent umbilicated lesions, accompanied by itching and pain, that appears in the infected areas in […]
Lubricants represents special substances used to increase the pleasure of intercourse or masturbation by providing a slippery and watery sensation. They are water, oil, petroleum or sililicone-based mixture, but their composition can include different herbs and flavours. Lubricants can be found in different forms: gel, liquid and cream (often used for anal penetration because of […]
A condom is a piece of thin latex that moulds on the penis as a sheath. Put on during sexual intercourse, it collects the semen before, during and after ejaculation.
No matter how it is called (rubber, safe or jimmi), it has two essential roles:
- it decreases the risk of taking and transmitting infections or any […]
Syphilis is another dangerous sexual transmitted disease. It is caused by Treponema pallidum bacteria and it is spread by blood through the whole body, affecting vital organs (heart, brain, nervous system, spine).
As all STDs, syphilis is contracted through unprotected sexual contacts (vaginal, oral, anal) and from mother to the unborn child.
The symptoms of the disease […]
The imposibility to conceive can affect a life, or a couple, an entire existence. For most of the men, the incapacity of having succesors is equal to the idea of beeing “less man”. This is wrong- the reasons of male infertility are varied and shows that the body has some medical problems.
Fortunately many of them […]
Genital Human Papillomavirus is a commonly STD that can affect all parts of the body (usually hands and feet), penis, scrotum, anus, rectum, urethra, frenulum, corona, prepuce, cervix, anal canal and mouth. At women, it appears around vulva or vagina. It can be spread through skin by simple touch and by mucous membrane during […]
We already explained that andropause (male menopause) owes to an increase testosterone level, that cause a sexual regression. But what is testosterone?
This steroid hormone belongs to the androgen group and it is secreted in the testes (by the Leydig cells), being the principal male sex hormone. It is an anabolic steroid that is responsible […]
Trichomoniasis is an infection caused by a single-celled parasite called Trichomonas vaginalis. In men, it affects the urethra (tube that brings the urine out from the body).
The parasite is one of the most common STD, and it is transmitted by unprotected sexual relationship with an infected partner, during vaginal, oral or anal sex. Sometimes, bacteria […]