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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
Cryosurgery
Health care; Sexual health
The use of extremely cold temperatures to freeze and destroy abnormal tissues. This procedure is used to treat pre-cancerous tumors. It often is used to remove abnormal tissue of the cervix, the ...
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
Health care; Sexual health
The use of hormones, usually oestrogen and progesterone, as a therapy, often used to treat the discomforts of menopause or to replace hormones (especially estrogen) lost after menopause.
Dilation and evacuation (D & E)
Health care; Sexual health
The use of medical instruments and suction to gently remove tissue from the uterus during an abortion.
Radiation therapy
Health care; Sexual health
The use of high-dose X-rays or other high-energy rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Also called radiotherapy.
Menstrual suppression
Health care; Sexual health
The use of hormonal treatments — usually birth control pills — to prevent having a period.
Sexual assault
Health care; Sexual health
The use of force or coercion, physical or psychological, to make a person engage in sexual activity.
Hormone therapy
Health care; Sexual health
The use of hormones, usually taken by pill, to kill cancer cells.
