The truth about sexual health and safe sex

(AP) - Dr. Sophia Yen, medical research experts in their adolescent Lucile Packard hospital in Palo Alto, California to share the truth about sexual health and safe sex can you not know.

 

1. You can get sexually transmitted diseases from toilet ...

You have heard the pathogen infection and sexually transmitted infections can not survive outside the body for a long time, especially on cold surfaces and hard as a toilet. Plus they barely staying in the urine ... That's why you use the toilet after use to anyone before. The fact that this is dangerous, you may have transmitted disease from a toilet sex, Dr. Yen said.

There are ideas about disease spread only through sexual contact can spread through skin contact or kissing. For example, marriage can be transmitted disease genital herpes, and even a deep kiss can be transmitted disease chlamydia or gonorrhea - Dr. Yen warning. Similarly toilet possible infectious agent is HPV, genital herpes, scabies ...

2. You can get pregnant the first time the relationship

Several surveys indicate that 20% of women get pregnant within a month early relationship. Not great numbers but you're still likely to fall into that 20%. Because raw eggs are 12 to 24 hours after fall to wait for "sperm", also sperm can live 38-72 hours waiting to see the eggs.

3. You can get pregnant during the "red light"

Not much, but still possible, especially if you do not use condoms or birth control pills. Many women have time to "red light" term "encroachment" into a new cycle of ovulation, which is why they are pregnant, even though "red light".

Suppose you have a short cycle, 21 days, for example, the red light and last longer than your first week. If you have sex near the end of the red light cycle, you could get pregnant because sperm live in your body 72 hours to wait for ovulation.

Dr. Yen also warned that the pregnancy may also occur in pre-menopausal period when ovulation occurs irregularly. Safe sex only when you are about 1 menopausal years.

4. Women do not need a Pap test at age 18

In 2003, colleges and other U.S. products have changed recommends a Pap test (pap smear soon). Previous recommendation was made that women should have Pap tests at age 18, when they have sex the first time.

This recommendation was changed so that women have when considering business Pap had sex for 3 years, that is, when they were 21 years old. Pap test early is almost harmless, but it can cause stress and discomfort in the examination, leading to evade the gynecological visits later - Dr. Yen said. Why the change? Most tumors in the genital papillae (HPV) only become apparent in about 3 years after having sex and for accurate results in the bar a Pap test.

5. Emergency contraceptive pills can still be pregnant

Emergency contraception drug known as plan B, but it's not like abortion pills. In fact, if the sperm met the egg in the uterine wall - plan B is almost useless, you are still pregnant.

6. The Pill does not make you gain weight

Although clinical trials can not prove a correlation between oral contraceptives and weight gain, but this is still a common belief among women of all ages.

In fact, only  one type of contraceptive side effects are mild weight gain birth control injections (DMPA). A study published in March 2009 of the research team studied the Texas result in women using DMPA increases average 11 pounds within 3 years.

7. IUDs safe for teens

The coil is a small instrument placed in the cervix of contraceptive effect up to 12 years. You do not need to use oral contraceptives during pregnancy should bypass this book can be safely and conveniently. The outdated information that IUD use increases the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease for women under 18. But in 2007, the United States Assembly Manufacturing and Gynecology (ACOG) states that the IUD is a device safe and highly effective birth control for most adult women, including teens - easy subjects of pregnancy unwanted.

8. HPV vaccination is not keep you immune to cervical cancer

Gardasil, a vaccine vaccine for cervical cancer is common for women from 9 to 26 years, helping to prevent four strains of HPV, two species often cause cervical cancer and two strains cause u like organs education and produce abnormalities in the Pap test. But research shows that 30% of cervical cancer are not fully protected by vaccines. That's why whether or not the vaccine, women should have regular Pap tests.

Although the vaccine is only indicated for women under age 26, finished it still works with older women have sex again after years of marriage. Currently this vaccine is still being tested for possible vaccine target for men to prevent the spread of HPV - a major cause of cervical cancer to their partners.

9. Douching is not a good way to clean your vagina

The vagina itself is very clean and douche actually cause more harm than good. The natural bacteria found in the vagina to keep it clean and healthy. Douching may disturb the balance and spread of harmful bacteria into the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. Also do not douche help you fight the disease through sexual transmission and pregnancy. In fact douching do for pregnant women because it's easier to go further push semen into the vagina and cervix.

Regularly clean your vagina with warm water and mild cleaning solution will help keep the surface of the vagina clean. Avoid using scented tampons, pads, powders and deodorizing sprays, they can increase the risk of infection.

Lan Wall

AccordingHealth

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