Sexual health

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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Fantasy

Health care; Sexual health

Thinking about an experience, often sexual and/or sexually arousing. Most sexual fantasies are brief. For example, we might think for a few seconds about seeing a movie star naked. Other sexual ...

Vaginal atrophy

Health care; Sexual health

Thinning and irritation of the folds of the walls of the vagina caused by the normal reduction in the secretion of oestrogen during perimenopause and after menopause.

Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)

Health care; Sexual health

This is a special type of X-ray that outlines the organs of the urinary and reproductive systems.

Harem

Health care; Sexual health

The women's quarters of a Muslim home. Also, a group of women sex partners for one man.

Osteoporosis

Health care; Sexual health

Thinning of the bones, which makes them more susceptible to fracture.

Pimp

Health care; Sexual health

The usually exploitive manager of a sex worker.

Sex addiction

Health care; Sexual health

The compulsive search for having very frequent sex that interferes with activities of daily life, such as work, school, and spending time with family and friends.