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Trichomoniasis is a very common sexually transmitted disease and is easily curable. It is estimated that each year nearly 74,00,000 new cases of trichomoniasis occur in both men and women worldwide (2014). Trichomonas vaginalis is the parasite that causes this infection. Both men and women can harbour this parasite but it the woman who faces the symptoms and trouble. Men may have this parasite inside their urogenital tract but usually, it doesn’t produce any symptom in them. Sometime a man may feel some discomfort after ejaculation or urination but this is not common. So men mostly behave as a carrier. Signs and symptoms of trichomoniasis Trichomoniasis is asymptomatic in males but females may show the following signs and symptoms; Copious, frothy, greenish yellow or cream-coloured vaginal discharge. Valvar itching and burning Painful urination Reddish vaginal and cervical mucosa, tender and eroded. Painful sexual intercourse View of Cervix in Tr...

If you are a patient of heart failure and you are worried whether it is safe to resume sexual activity after heart failure then you are at the right place. In this article, we will discuss various aspects of heart failure regarding sexual life and different ways to overcome the risks. One thing you should keep in mind that immediately after a heart attack, your heart may become comparatively weaker for some period of time. It may not be able to tolerate the increase in cardiac load. It needs time and medicines to heal and normalize its activity but once your heart gains it's normal or near normal strength then you may resume sexual activity without any fear. We will discuss this in detail in subsequent paragraphs. Effects of heart failure on sexual activity Sexual stimulation activates both sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Sympathetic stimulation has a particular role in ejaculation and orgasm, while the parasympathetic system plays its role in arousal and plat...

Those men who have single testicle in their scrotum are mostly worried about one question; Whether they can father children with only one testicle. The other questions that come into their minds are; will having a single testicle affect their manhood and masculinity? Will having a single testicle cause them impotent? Will having a single testicle make them less masculine? Will having a single testicle make them like women? Will having a single testicle retard their growth? Will having a single testicle will make their penis smaller? Whether with single testicle can they be able to build muscles? Whether with one testicle they can have normal secondary sexual characteristics, like having a think beard, and hair on chest, axilla, pubis and legs etc, and thick, oily and harsh manly skin. These are some questions that come into the mind of almost every person who has a single testicle in his scrotum. The main question that comes into their mind is, will one testicle make them infertile? B...

Syphilis: •            Caused By Treponema pallidum (spirochete) •            Transmitted via sexual contact •            Placental transmission as early as 6wks gestation •            Typically occurs during the second half •            Mom with primary or secondary syphilis is more likely to transmit than the latent disease •            Large decrease in congenital syphilis since the late 1990s •            In 2002, only 11.2 cases/100,000 live births reported Congenital Syphilis •            2/3 of affected live-born infants are asymptomatic at birth •  ...