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I've been having a concerning issue for the past year now. I've been in to my Dr's office probably 4-6 times in the past 5 months and we haven't found a solution.
During sex, at penetration, there's a horrible smell and a crumbly, gunky discharge. The smell isn't fishy, it's more sulfurous, kind of that rotten egg smell (ugh, I can't believe I'm actually making this public on the net, so embarrassing!). It's accompanied by a discharge that's thick and gunky, crumbly, yellowish to white in color. Sometimes sex is painful or tight feeling.
I get frequent urinary tract infections, yeast infections, and one known case of bacterial vaginosis. Usually one or two of these every month or so.
Help! My Dr doesn't seem to be taking a very proactive interest in figuring out the problem. She prescribed antibiotics as I need them for the infections, but they keep coming back. And she has no idea about the smell/discharge and dismisses it as nothing to worry about. I voiced to her a suspicion that it might be a long running case of BV, but she doesn't seem to think so. (I still think it could be)
Any insight would be SOO MUCH appreciated! It's taking a serious toll on my quality of life. I just don't feel like painful, smelly sex is normal!View Thread
I'm seem to have a rash or some soreness on both my private parts, and lips.
Private parts - have only seen 1 incident in the last 2 years.
Lips - seems like I'm having a lot of trouble and it's getting worse daily.
Is this a weird skin condition ?
And what kind of doctor would treat this ? Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease ?
My experience, is no matter who you try, they just look dumbfounded.
I know someone must have had the same thing, and I'm wondering how to diagnose it.
I've been on the watch for herpes, and had an IGG test, a while back that came back Positive for HSV2
My conditions are more rash-like though, and I've never had breakouts, or any painful Outbreaks.
This is not Herpes ! although It may be associated with Herpes !
I don't have an Outbreak to take a sample from or have a Dr. inspect.View Thread
I am curious if there is any correlation of body type to sexual drive and if us lean and wiry guys really have any stronger drive than average.View Thread
), but they were so painful that i could barely wear a bra, or hug my husband. I was depressed and had no sex drive. Massive acne and alot of tissue and brown discharge daily. I had it removed yesterday, Last night I had cold sweats all night. Today I feel like I've been hit by a bus. My muscles are cramping really bad, especially in my legs. I feel kinda strange, my breasts are still very sore. I'm really really tired, and have indegestion. I would not recommend Implanon to my worst enemy!!!View Thread
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I'm 58. For years I've had low interest in sex and difficult maintaining erections and even getting a hard enough erection for sex. Blood tests over the years confirmed that I have low T. At one point a urologist prescribed Androgel for me. But when I read that testosterone hormone treatments may increase risk of prostate cancer I checked back with the doctor. There's a strong history of prostate cancer in my family: my brother at 62, my father at 70, his first cousin died earlier of prostate cancer, my cousins....up and down my father's side of the family. The urologist immediately took me off the Androgel.
My question is whether there is anything I can do to help elevate my interest in sex and help with the erections. I've taken Cialis and Viagra and while they seem to help a bit with erection, it doesn't help the VERY low libido.
I'm divorced and started to date and I don't want this to be a deal-breaker for a new love interest.View Thread
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Searching online for someone new but with STD out there maybe I should stay in the status quo.View Thread
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Searching online for someone new but with STD out there maybe I should stay in the status quo.View Thread
My question is this: If a woman has had a total hysterectomy, can we switch from anal sex, to vaginal sex, with precautions?
The Back story:
My wife and I have been married for MANY years (20+). We are monogamous, and have no medical problems. My wife had a total hysterectomy 15+ years ago and is fully healed. About 7+ years ago, we started trying anal sex as we have a very ACTIVE sex life. After many gentle attempts, and months of "investigations" we found that using a rubber was the biggest barrier to my wife "enjoying" anal sex. No matter which brand rubber we tried, or whichever lube, anal sex was always very uncomfortable for my wife while using a rubber. Finally,, we tried using NO RUBBER, with the usual tons of KY jelly, (the best lube we ever tried), and,, it worked FANTASTICALLY for both of us!
Using no rubber, I will occasionally start feeling the symptoms of a mild urinary tract Infection, (UTI), coming on within 12 hours after anal sex. (Symptoms are dull light soreness in bladder area, need to urinate more frequently, and some difficulty / discomfort peeing.) Through web searching, and more experimentation, I found taking a Cranberry UTI pill, and D-Mannose powder / pill an hour before having anal sex I can usually avoid any UTI. If any UTI symptoms begin within 24 hours post anal sex, I just take the above 3 times a day, drinking plenty of water, until all symptoms are gone, and have never had to visit a doctor for a UTI since. (UTI's are nothing to fool around with, if you're not better in 2 days, see a doctor right away!)
Now back to the question… Again, seeing my wife has had a total hysterectomy… If my wife cleans herself out real well with enema's prior anal sex, and she douches her vagina out real well after anal / vaginal sex, and takes UTI precautions before and after anal / vaginal sex as I do, could we try "switching" back and forth, somewhat safely?
If we absolutely had to, we could even try a quick wipe down with an antibacterial baby wipe, then re-apply lube, prior to going anal vaginal, but would that really be necessary?
Please, I KNOW there are a LOT of people out there that feel this is "Taboo" to do. For us "The marital bed is undefiled" and it was all created for our enjoyment. Please do not answer if you have no experience in anal sex, unless you are a medical person with wisdom to share, rather than just bashing the topic for judgments sake. Thank you.
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I had a sexual health question that I can't find an answer to so thought I would post here. I am a male with a female partner who enjoys anal sex, which we do frequently, and are comfortable not using protection. We have on one occasion had another female partner join us, who also enjoys anal sex, and she was also comfortable being together with us without protection, except for the act of going directly from one ass to another, which she didn't allow without washing first (eventhough there was nothing visibly dirty).
Through research (and common sense) I know that you should never go from anal to vaginal because you are spreading bacteria, and I've read that during group sex you should change the condom when switching partners, but in our case when we are comfortable not using condoms, I haven't found any advice on this.
Clearly I do not want anyone to get ill, but I am questioning whether there are specific risks from going from one woman's ass directly to another? Doesn't seem to be anything additionally risky about this, and it really does interrupt things having to stop, so seeking some advice here. Anything would be appreciated. Thanks.View Thread
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The pain of the harsh words and actions and self isolation of my spouse has been so difficult but now knowing it is an illness helps, but much healing needs to take place but not until the right med/dose is in order. So I live my life not a part of my spouses as I and my family are the root of the anger. So hard as we my spouse treat others so nice, and share stories, and have discussions and go out with work people, but then comes home and does zero to take part and share what is going on in their life let alone care about what is going on in ours. That is the really hurtful part that it looks like the spouse cares more about others and work people more than the family. So sad, and so very difficult, and tired of the anger being directed at us and the rage at me, but that is the illness. Praying for the right meds and dose so the healing can begin.View Thread
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