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Sexual health
Enjoying emotional, physical, and social well-being in regard to one’s sexuality, including free and responsible sexual expression that enriches one’s personal and social life and fulfills one’s sexual rights. Disorders in sexual health can impact a person’s physical and emotional health, as well as his or her relationships and self-image.
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Sexual health
Infibulation
Health care; Sexual health
The most severe form of female circumcision. This procedure involves performing a clitorectomy, including the removal of the labia. The tissues are then sewn together, leaving only a small hole for ...
Bacterial vaginosis
Health care; Sexual health
The most common vaginal infection in women of reproductive age. Bacterial vaginosis often causes a vaginal discharge that is thin and milky, and is described as having a "fishy" odor. Bacterial ...
Ejaculatory inevitability
Health care; Sexual health
The moment during sexual excitement when a man cannot stop his ejaculation. It occurs when the prostate begins to contract and pulse out seminal fluid. Also called "point of no return. "
Squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina
Health care; Sexual health
The most common type of vaginal cancer in which cancer cells grow from the surface of the vaginal lining.
Mifepristone
Health care; Sexual health
The most common medication used for medication abortion. Commonly known as "the abortion pill. " The brand name in the U. S is Mifeprex.
Metronidazole
Health care; Sexual health
The most common medicine used to treat trichomoniasis. Common brand names for this medicine are Flagyl and Protostat.
Ejaculation
Health care; Sexual health
The moment when semen spurts out of the opening of the urethra in the glans of the penis during sexual climax or orgasm.
