Further study is however warranted with special regard to long-term efficacy and safety of antiseptics and disinfectants for vaginal use. HV conceived of the study, collected the literature ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I’m 60 years old now. I never had chicken pox as a child but was tested as an adult, and I do have the antibodies. I’ve been on a standard dose of acyclovir for 15 years after I ...

Antiseptics have been used for over half a century in the treatment of vaginal infections. Similar to antibiotics, antiseptics facilitate the eradication of the anaerobic vaginal microbiota ...

So while you can get HS in the area that surrounds the vulva, it can’t occur inside the vagina. “The vaginal tissue is different [from skin] so [HS] is not found in this area, but can be ...

"Someone with the ulcers in their mouth will be having sex with someone who never got infected as a child, so they will pass the virus to the genital area." Abu-Raddad says his team sees a particular ...

Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas). Garcia’s Protect Intersex Children Act would bar physicians from performing genital surgeries on a foster child younger than 6 years old born with intersex traits ...

The condition can be asymptomatic, and those infected may not realise they have it until they experience painful outbreaks of sores and blisters in the genital area. Though the virus remains ...