Physical response As the engorged reproductive glands spurt out their contents into the part of the urethra that runs through the prostate, expanding it as they do so, exquisitely pleasant sensations are produced. A series of four or five contractions, at the rate of one every 0.8 seconds, follows as the man ejaculates the semen [...]
Definition Molluscum contagiosum is caused by a pox virus. It is a relatively common skin condition in children and is not very contagious. Transmission is through close bodily contact Autoinoculation is common. Lesions may be widespread and numerous in immunodeficient patients and can present a difficult management problem in AIDS. Clinical manifestations Incubation period is [...]
HIV can be isolated from blood, tissues, semen, saliva, breast milk, cervical and vaginal secretions and tears of infected persons. Blood, semen, cervical and vaginal secretions, transplanted organs and possibly breast milk have been implicated in transmission. HIV is transmitted through the exchange of genital secretions during sexual intercourse, the sharing of needles and syringes [...]
The early lesions are similar to those of secondary syphilis with rhinitis, rash, bone involvement, hepatosplenomegaly, meningitis and anaemia. Late congenital syphilis is comparable to late acquired syphilis. It usually occurs after 2 years of age. Manifestations include Hutchinson’s triad (interstitial keratitis, incisor defects and perceptive deafness), gummas and neurosyphilis. Cardiovascular lesions do not occur [...]
Where chlamydial or gonococcal infection is suspected, antibiotics effective against chlamydia, notably a tetracycline, are usually combined with an antigonococcal agent. In severe disease, intravenous or oral tetracycline and intravenous therapy with a penicillin or cephalosporin should be given until the patient can tolerate oral therapy. In less seriously ill patients, oral regimens may be [...]
Contact tracing Important The importance of the expeditious tracing of the sexual contacts who may have infected the patient (source contact) or may have been infected (spread contacts) is stressed. Evaluation of epidemiological data Data collection and analysis are important for the planning of treatment regimens, the allocation of resources and the development of education [...]
If you admire and encourage your son when he plays war games or competitive sport, and your daughter when she plays with her dolls or ‘helps Mummy’, don’t show your disapproval when they find out their genitals are different, and when they play with them. Answer, as best you can, every question your child asks [...]
The kinds of impressions assembled here seem to support the notion that play, at least sexual play in marriage, has indeed been permeated with dimensions of a work ethic. The play of marital sex is presented by the counsellors quite definitely as work .. . This paradox, play as work, may be said to be [...]
Second, by its thrusting within the vagina, and by its indirect stimulation of the woman’s clitoris through the movement of her labia minora, the penis provides the woman with sexual stimulation. If the man is a considerate lover, he will not neglect this aspect of the function of his penis in his desire to reach [...]
This enables some men who have had a spinal cord injury and are paraplegic to get erections, from psychological stimuli, although their spinal parasympathetic nerves are cut off from the erotic messages sent by the brain. The second way in which a man can get an erection is well known to almost every man. This [...]