Showing posts with label men. Show all posts
Showing posts with label men. Show all posts

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Genital herpes symptoms in men

Male genital herpes is one of the most common forms of std. sexually active men are more prone to contracting genital herpes as infected fluids are easily transmitted from one individual to another.

Symptoms :
Once the male genital herpes has reached a serious level, you would begin to see sores around your penis on either the tip or the shaft. At other times, you would notice sores or blisters located on other areas of the body such as buttocks, thighs, anus, urethra, scrotum etc. The sores start out as reddened blisters, which soon begin to swell with fluid, burst and give rise to sores. These cold sores and genital herpes itches are very painful and are the biggest contributor to genital herpes pain in men.

Contact spreading virus
Almost any kind of contact, where fluids can be exchanged can cause genital herpes infection to spread. Genital herpes men can easily spread when there are instances of kissing, oral sex such as fellatio, analingus, cunnilingus etc. or when there is anal sex or vaginal sex between partners.
In case of vaginal sex, if it is a case of male genital herpes, the woman can easily be contracting genital herpes because she is more prone to getting the genital herpes infection. Even a simple act of kissing can involve spread of saliva, which could contain the virus, especially if there are open sores inside the mouth.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Urinary tract infection symptoms

A urinary tract infection (UTI) is a painful infection that a lot of women get. Although it is possible for men to get them, it is more common for women. This is because a woman's urethra is a lot shorter than a man's, which allows for the greater chance of an infection to develop. A lot of women get them by not wiping in the correct direction, which allows for bacteria to get inside of the body. Also, women might get them from going into pools or hot tubs, which are bacteria infested places. Those are just a couple reasons why women get UTI's. Now that you know the causes, how can you tell if you have an infection?

A urinary tract infection is easy to diagnose because of the symptoms. The most distinct symptom of this particular type of infection is the constant feeling that you have to urinate. Even if you just relieved yourself, you feel as though you have to go again. This feeling follows you around throughout the day and you can't escape it. The next symptom is a burning sensation when you come to the end of urination. With a urinary tract infection, you usually don't feel the burn when you start to urinate; it is always near the end. This pain isn't light either. It radiates itself all the way into your stomach because that's how powerful it is. The final symptom is cloudy and foul smelling urine. If your urine is cloudy then you know you have an infection because that is pus coming out of your body. These are all symptoms of a urinary tract infection.

Urinary tract infections can impact your life in many ways. If you are suffering with one, you already are well aware of how painful and uncomfortable it is.