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- Sexual Health Topics: Women’s Sexual Health
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- Sexual Health Topics: Men’s Sexual Health
A constriction ring (sometimes called a “cock ring”) is an elastic ring designed to help a man maintain an erection.
To understand how constriction rings work, it may help to review the mechanics of an erection. When a man becomes sexually stimulated, his penis fills with blood. It is this blood that makes his penis firm enough for sex.
- Sexual Health Topics: Women’s Sexual Health
When a woman goes through menopause, her estrogen levels decrease along with the levels of other sex-steroid hormones. These decreases can lead to changes in certain areas of her body, like the vagina, vulva, and bladder.
- Sexual Health Topics: Men’s Sexual Health
When a man has Peyronie’s disease, areas of hardened scar tissue called plaques form on his penis. These plaques make the penis less flexible and cause it to bend. If the curve is especially severe, the man may not be able to have intercourse at all.
- Sexual Health Topics: Women’s Sexual Health
The uterus is a small fist-sized organ located above a woman’s vagina. Its primary role is to nourish a developing fetus during pregnancy.
- Sexual Health Topics: Men’s Sexual Health, Sexual Health Management & Treatments
A penile prosthesis is a surgically implanted device that allows a man with erectile dysfunction to have erections again. Generally, the procedure is considered if a man is unsuccessful with other treatments, such as oral medications.
- Sexual Health Topics: Men’s Sexual Health
Hematospermia (sometimes spelled haematospermia) refers to blood in the semen. Men may notice that their semen is bloodstained, pink, or reddish-brown. But sometimes the blood is microscopic and cannot be seen at all.
- Sexual Health Topics: Men’s Sexual Health
An ultrasound is an imaging test that uses sound waves to produce pictures of internal organs, giving doctors a more detailed view.
- Sexual Health Topics: Men’s Sexual Health
When a man has problems with erections, it is sometimes difficult to know if the cause(s) are physical, psychological, or both. The nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) test can give the doctor some clues.
- Sexual Health Topics: Men’s Sexual Health, Women’s Sexual Health
Sexsomnia, sometimes called “sleep sex” is a sleep disorder. A person with sexsomnia acts out sexually while sleeping. He or she might masturbate, fondle a bed partner, give oral sex, engage in intercourse, or reach orgasm while asleep and have no recollection of this activity the next morning.
- Sexual Health Topics: Men’s Sexual Health, Women’s Sexual Health, Sexual Health Management & Treatments
Sexsomnia refers to a sleep disorder that causes a person to act out sexually while asleep.
- Sexual Health Topics: Men’s Sexual Health, Cancer & Sexual Health (Oncosexology)
Penile cancer is a rare form of cancer that affects a man’s penis.