Question: My partner and I like to look in the mirror while having sex. Is there something wrong with our fascination about our bodies? I told this to our friends and they all started laughing. We thought it was not necessarily common, but not abnormal.
Answer: Visual stimulation can be a powerful tool to enhance sexual mood and arousal to both partners and it is not surprising that both partners can get a real turn on when they are able to see their own bodies in action in the raw. There is nothing abnormal or unusual about this fascination. The mirror might just be the answer to your interest in self voyeurism which is harmless because it involves you and your partner looking at your selves in the raw form, and not looking at others, which can be against the law.
Question: I am a married woman whose husband is often away on extended trips. It seems like every time I have sex after a break I get a urinary tract or bladder infection. What causes this, and what can I do to prevent it? My doctor keeps prescribing antibiotics which work, but can I do anything to prevent it in the first place?
Answer: Honeymoon cystitis gets it name because the frequency of urination and pain and discomfort that follows with the urination occurs after each episode of sexual intercourse. The inflammation of the base of the bladder is attributed to the ascending infection from the inflamed pee hole which occurs during rapid penile thrust to that area. In most cases the episode of cystitis usually disappears as the pee hole area is more resilient to the penile assault. In case where sexual intercourse is not frequent, the pee hole is is no longer resilient and can get inflamed and cause ascending infection that may flare up as a urinary tract infection. In such event urinary antibiotics are usually prescribed by the doctor. There were some suggestions that may remedy this incessant problem. One is to pee after each episode of love making. This might interfere with the pooling of semen in the vaginal pool, for the purpose of planning for a baby. Another way is to ensure that penile trust is not directed to the pee hole, in other words to change position or assume a position that may prevent direct assault of the penis to the pee hole area.
Question: At what age can a male impregnate a female? Can he ever be too young or too old?
Answer: As long as the male child is able to ejaculate and produce semen that contains sperm, he is able to sire a child with any reproductive female. As long as the sperm cell is still available in the semen, a man of any age, however old his age may be will be able to impregnate any women in the reproductive age group. In a rare case of precocious puberty in males where signs of puberty appears before the age of 8,there is testicular enlargement as well as penile enlargement and penile emission do contains sperm cells. Normal puberty in boys can occur as early as 9 years old and if the boy is able to ejaculate and the semen contains sperm cells, he has the potential of being a father with any women in the reproductive age group.
Question: Is the chance of getting HIV/AIDS through tattoo or piercing needles high? Will I get it if I go for body piercing?
Answer: It’s an in thing to get a body pierce or tattooing. More so if one were to get the thrill to show off. However if one were to get tattoos or body piercings, one need to find an artist who uses only new, clean needles and safe tools as a preventive measure from contracting HIV/AIDS.
Note on HIV/AIDS:
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a medical condition, caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a virus and can damage the human immune system. Most commonly, HIV infection is spread by having sex, sharing needles and syringes with someone infected with HIV and being exposed (fetus or infant) to HIV before or during birth or through breast feeding. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-seminal fluid, and breast milk.
Question: Dr, I hope you can advice me on my problem. I usually experience a dull pain in the lower part of my stomach after sex. This kind of ruins the pleasure of sex for me. Is this normal? What do you think might be the cause? Is there any medication or herbs I can take to make it go away? I’m 28.
Answer: Sexual intercourse usually provides much pleasure to both parties if they are up to it or otherwise if they do it just for the sake of fulfilling their responsibilities. If this occurs then the act will not be pleasurable, there will not be any release of beta endorphin that is the natural pain reliever and the partner that is not actually enjoying it will experience all sorts of pain and discomfort that can be brought about by the strain muscles, the strain ligaments, the back ache and the abdominal ache or pain. If sexual intercourse has been pleasurable for the individual and if he is a guy, then the discomfort can be due to muscle cramp or movement of gas which is dislodged during active physical movement. Rarely the bladder gives problem. If the individual is a woman, the lower abdominal discomfort can be due to mild uterine and tubal contraction triggered by hormone oxytocin which is released by the anterior pituitary gland brought by orgasm. Rarely the discomfort is due to bladder. Other causes include pelvic adhesions due to old pelvic infection or endometriosis. It is wise for the individual who has this disturbing post coital lower abdominal discomfort to seek professional help. The individual needs to be examined and only after the examination will the doctor is in a position to provide some form of remedy.