Feeling down after a romp is not uncommon. It doesn’t matter if one’s married or single or if the sex was consensual or not. A pleasurable sexual experience doesn’t exactly guarantee that one can not feel bad after. It just happens and, to many of us. We can surely agree that it’s not comfortable when…
It’s sad enough when one has a singular complaint that disrupts normal activities of life and living, and one can only imagine how having 3 debilitating symptoms that come with a great deal of discomfort and lead to a strong need for dependence. Reactive arthritis also called Reiter’s syndrome, occurs when there are joint swelling…
Akanmu is a 15 year old SS3 student who was working with his father on the farm one hot afternoon as he was on a short break from school. He felt a sudden sharp pain around his groin which made him let out a short scream, which didn’t get beyond the notice of his father,…
All vaginal infections are not ‘reserved’ for the sexually active women population as many have been led to believe. Hence, some vaginal infections can very well affect a virgin as well as a mother of two. Two vaginal infections are particularly implicated in this discussion and these are the vaginal yeast infection(candidiasis) and bacterial vaginosis.…
When a girl starts to have her period around the early teens or even earlier, irregularity is normal. After all, she just started. Over the years, it is expected that the rough edges even out and the menstrual cycle follows a regular pattern. Hence, it’s normal that a young woman gets worried when some irregularity…
Well, yes. Ovulation pain is referred to as Mittelschmerz, the German word for ‘middle pain’. Normally, it’s just a mild, dull, achy pain felt on one side of the lower abdomen occurring just prior to ovulation and it may last for a few minutes to some hours. In some women, it could be a sharp…
Many new couples would readily jump at a chance to get the exact sex they desire with every offspring. There are numerous claims that assert that particular sex positions, diets, and other things can actually help one influence the sex of a baby. As long as it’s safe, feel free to try what you want.…
Painful urination is medically known as dysuria. It’s a symptom that should actually always prompt worry as urinating in itself is a pain-free action. Read on to learn common causes of dysuria, how to prevent them, and treatment options that may be mentioned by your doctor. A very common cause of dysuria is a urinary…
In the previous article, we discussed the process of a mother’s recovery after childbirth substantially. However, we were unable to bring the discussion to a close. This piece should easily serve that purpose. After childbirth, postpartum bleeding is almost always an issue. In the first few days, it’s usually at it’s heaviest them it gradually…
After 9 months thereabouts of gearing up for delivery, any mother is greatly relieved of having survived the process no matter how it came to be. After birth, the mother has a baby to cater to and herself to nurse back to full health. Baby care is often discussed as most attention is directed to…