Rosacea is an inflammatory skin condition that primarily affects the face. The traits of this condition—redness of the face, red nose, flushed cheeks, and small red or pus-filled bumps—are frequently mistaken for acne. Rosacea is occasionally referred to as adult acne or acne rosacea, but in reality, rosacea has little to do with the pimples [...]
Ah, bacterial vaginosis: the basis of all those jokes my guy friends told in college. You know, the ones involving tuna. And vaginas. Right. Anyway, those jokes always made me vaguely paranoid. I was pretty sure my vagina didn’t smell like fish, but who could be sure? It’s not as if my nose and my [...]
Spiders are ishy. They’ve got too damn many eyes, too damn many legs two too many damn fangs. I just can’t bring myself to like them. Even worse than the spiders themselves is their bite. Nothing ruins a nice walk in the woods with a nice rest on a fallen log like a spider bite. [...]
Chlamydia is caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. The infection primarily affects the genital areas, but it can cause infections of the eye as well. It causes serious eye infections in children of developing countries. It is the most common cause of blindness worldwide. The infection can be passed by an infected mother to an [...]
Urinary tract infections: scourge of honeymooners and college freshmen alike. There are many different causes of urinary tract infections, but often they are caused by “vigorous sexual intercourse” that introduces bacteria into the urethra. That bacteria then multiplies within the bladder and voila! it hurts when you pee. There are other symptoms of urinary tract [...]
There are two varieties of the herpes simplex virus: HSV 1 and HSV 2. This article deals with HSV 2, which is the cause for genital herpes, more commonly known as herpes. Herpes is a pretty nasty sexually transmitted disease for which there is no cure. Most people do not realize that they are infected. [...]
Gonorrhea is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by an infection of the bacteria neisseria gonorrhoeae. Gonorrhea is most common in people between the ages of 15 and 29. Perhaps it’s time to rethink the abstinence-only sexual education plan. The use of condoms greatly reduces the risk of getting gonorrhea. The bacteria that cause gonorrhea [...]
So you brought home a few extra friends from the party, and now your crotch is itching like crazy. Well my friend you have been infected by a parsitic insect called pubic lice. Yup the same things that were in the smelly kids hair at school are now on your crotch. You are the new [...]
In the past few years there has been a lot of talk about Human Papillomavirus or HPV. It seems that they figured out that 96% of all cases of cervical cancer are caused by HPV. So they began encouraging women to get yearly pap smears and eventually they developed a vaccine. The vaccine guards against [...]
Scabies isn’t the worst infection that we can get, but it might be the most annoying. The thought of little disgusting creepy crawlies in my skin makes me nauseous. With this disgusting visual imagery in mind, it’s important to talk about how we can prevent another outbreak of the itch mite. As you are treating [...]
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