Sexual health

Sexual health

Enjoying emotional, physical, and social well-being in regard to one’s sexuality, including free and responsible sexual expression that enriches one’s personal and social life and fulfills one’s sexual rights. Disorders in sexual health can impact a person’s physical and emotional health, as well as his or her relationships and self-image.

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prolapsed uterus

Health care; Sexual health

A condition in which a woman’s uterus sags or slips out of its normal position into the vagina. Caused by weakened pelvic muscles. Most common in postmenopausal women who have given birth.

primary amenorrhea

Health care; Sexual health

A condition in which a young woman never gets her first period.

Paget’s disease of the vulva

Health care; Sexual health

A condition in which cancerous cells are present in the skin of the vulva. This skin condition may be linked to vulvar cancer.

phimosis

Health care; Sexual health

A condition in which the foreskin of the penis becomes too tight and difficult to retract.

paraphimosis

Health care; Sexual health

A condition in which the foreskin of the penis, once retracted, cannot return to its original location.

testicular torsion

Health care; Sexual health

A condition in which the spermatic cord gets twisted around a testicle, cutting off the testicle’s blood supply. Symptoms of testicular torsion include sudden and severe pain, enlargement of the ...

cryptorchidism

Health care; Sexual health

A condition in which the testicles do not descend from the abdomen into the scrotum within three months of birth, where they are located during development, to the scrotum shortly before birth. Also ...