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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NuvaRing

Health care; Sexual health

The brand name of a ring that contains hormones and is inserted in the vagina to prevent pregnancy. NuvaRing is a reversible hormonal method of birth control available only by prescription. Also ...

Sexual addiction

Health care; Sexual health

The condition of needing to have sex so frequently that it interferes with activities of daily living, such as going to work or school or fulfilling other responsibilities.

Age of consent

Health care; Sexual health

The age at which state law considers a person old enough to decide to have sex with a partner.

Excitement

Health care; Sexual health

The body's physical response to desire and to stimulation. The second stage of the sexual response cycle.

Viability

Health care; Sexual health

The ability of a foetus to survive outside a woman's body.

Gender dysphoria

Health care; Sexual health

The conflict between one's sexual anatomy and one's gender identity.

Norplant

Health care; Sexual health

A contraceptive system of six small, soft capsules containing the hormone levonorgestrel that are inserted under the skin of the upper arm. A reversible method of birth control that is no longer ...