Topic: Sexual Health
Teste para HIV
Updated 22 June 2016 under Dicas de Saúde.Atualmente é recomendado que qualquer pessoa acima de 13 anos tenha um teste de HIV anual como parte de exames de rotina. É principalmente importante se você for sexualmente ativo […]
Read more »I’m lesbian and I came out to my friends on New Year’s Eve but I don’t know if I need to tell my doctor because I am only 13.
Updated 6 June 2016 under Ask Us.It takes a lot of courage to “come out” whether it is with your friends, family or others. Even though you are young, it is important to talk with your […]
Read more »I’m 5 days late for my period but negative pregnancy test, should I be worried?
Updated 15 March 2016 under Ask Us.The most common cause of a missed period is pregnancy; however, there can be other causes including: hormone imbalance (that interrupts or delays ovulation), exercise, low weight or weight loss […]
Read more »It’s been my first month on the Depo-Provera shot and I haven’t started my period at all! Is that normal and could I be pregnant?
Updated 9 March 2016 under Ask Us.What you describe sounds normal. Most girls/women get their first Depo-Provera® injection (shot) during the first five days of a normal menstrual period. You are then protected from pregnancy right […]
Read more »Gestação: Gestação Ectópica/Tubária e Aborto
Updated 18 February 2016 under Dicas de Saúde.Gestação normal: Uma gestação normal ocorre quando um óvulo fertilizado se fixa dentro do útero. O óvulo fertilizado continua crescendo e se desenvolve num feto. Gestação ectópica: uma gestação ectópica […]
Read more »Gonorreia
Updated 18 February 2016 under Dicas de Saúde.Você já ouvi falar de “blenorragia” ou “fogagem”? Esses são nomes para gonorreia. Gonorreia é uma DST comum causada por uma bactéria. O quanto a gonorreia é comum? Há mais […]
Read more »I have had sex with my boyfriend, but I have regular menstruation. Can I be pregnant?
Updated 17 February 2016 under Ask Us.Getting pregnant is a common concern among adolescents who are involved in a sexual relationship. The only way you can 100% guarantee not getting pregnant is by not having sex. […]
Read more »I had unprotected sex yesterday. Can you give some information about Emergency Contraception and how to take it?
Updated 14 January 2016 under Ask Us.Emergency contraception (EC) is a backup method of birth control for preventing pregnancy after unprotected sex. Even though it’s commonly called the “morning-after pill,” there are three types of EC […]
Read more »I’m on the pill and I usually take it continuously so I don’t get a period. But this month I was going to take the placebo pills to have a period. What I’m wondering is: When do I start the hormone pills again? Right after my period ends even if there are placebo pills left? And how long after starting a new pack after my period can I have sex safely without a condom?
Updated 30 November 2015 under Ask Us.Congratulation for using birth control! As you know, using birth control pills “continuously” means that instead of taking the placebo pills (the different colored pills that are usually at the […]
Read more »4 days ago, I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend. My period was supposed to get here yesterday and I am worried I could be pregnant. He said that a bit of semen might have gone in, but that he thinks it wasn’t enough to get pregnant. Is this true?
Updated 2 October 2015 under Ask Us.No! You can get pregnant anytime you are not using condoms and/or birth control. You can even become pregnant if your partner removes his penis from your vagina before he […]
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