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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Stalking

Health care; Sexual health

Instilling fear by obsessively pursuing a desired, past, or current sex partner.

Lubricant

Health care; Sexual health

In women, the slippery liquid that is secreted from the walls of the vagina and the Bartholin's glands during sexual arousal in order to facilitate vaginal intercourse. In men, the slippery liquid ...

Bacterial vaginosis (BV)

Health care; Sexual health

Inflammation of the vulva and/or vagina — vaginitis — caused by a change in the balance of vaginal bacteria, which may be caused by vaginal intercourse or manual sex play, especially with a new ...

Yeast infections

Health care; Sexual health

Infections of the vagina caused by one of the many species of fungus called Candida. A change in the chemical balance in the vagina allows the fungus to grow too rapidly and cause symptoms.