Your lifestyle is not on trial, it is important information in the puzzle of your health . . .
Getting a “womanly” check-up is an important milestone in a woman’s life each year. There are several different check-ups that are required when you are in your twenties, thirties and forties. In this segment we are going to talk about your check-up in your twenties. It is very important for young women to maintain a regular check-up schedule which includes a Pap Smear and understand what the results mean. Many young women do not have their first Pap Smear until after they have graduated from college and have already been sexually active with more than one partner. Their reasoning: “I feel great, I look great, I am young and, going to the doctor is only for the person who is sick.”
Everyone needs to understand that...
I have a Tilted Cervix . . . Does it Cause Pain During Sex?
An IONA Magazine reader recently wrote to me regarding having painful sex with her partner due to a tilted cervix. She wants to know what she could do to make the sex more enjoyable or non-painful. I am going to speak frankly to her and you about what can cause pain during sex. The reader says she has a tilted cervix, however, if her or your doctor has not given a diagnosis on this [a tilted cervix] after an internal exam, then she or you probably do not have a tilted cervix. A tilted cervix is usually referred to by doctors as a tilted uterus. The cervix is the part of the uterus that connects with the vagina, so the entire uterus must be tilted in order to have the cervix tilted. If you...
Genital Herpes is Serious . . .
In this issue, we decided that we needed to discuss a growing problem amongst people ages 17-25. It’s not pretty, but we need to get it out of the way. It’s Herpes and Genital Warts.
Let’s just jump right in, Herpes and Genital Warts are not the same thing. Let’s start with Genital Herpes. An infection from the virus called herpes simplex virus or HSV. There are two kinds of HSV there is HSV-1 and HSV-2. The main symptoms they cause are blisters or small ulcers. When you see them around the mouth, people call them cold sores. These ulcers or blisters can be found on the face, genitals or anus. If you ever become infected with herpes, you will be infected for the rest of your life. People are often not aware that they are infected because the...
Listen up Ladies. We are going to talk about something that is an issue a lot of women struggle with in their sexual relationships . . . Anal Sex.
Anal Sex, is something a lot of men seem to be interested in and would like to practice as part of their regular sexual routine, however many women have come to me asking me the same question, "Is it safe?" "Is it healthy?" "What are the long term affects if I engage in this type of sexual behavior?" "I want to try it, but I don't!"
The Anus, as we all know is for waste excretion. It is the last part of your large intestine, where waste passes from the rectum through the anal canal, and out through the anus. There are no nerves there associated with pleasure centers like there are for the vagina....
