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Urinary tract infections, including acute cystitis and pyelonephritis.
Sexually transmitted organisms most clearly linked to bacterial prostatitis after receptive or insertive anal sex are Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis, and broader enteric and urinary p...
Urethral sounding carries documented risks—infection, tearing, and complications from foreign bodies—and medical and public-health sources frame safer practice in two ways: harm reduction if continuin...
is associated with measurable medical benefits — reduced risk of certain sexually transmitted infections (including in high‑prevalence heterosexual settings), lower rates of specific penile infections...
Recognizing infection or injury after urethral sounding rests on watching for local symptoms — pain, burning on urination, bleeding, abnormal discharge, and trouble passing urine — and systemic warnin...
is a broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic commonly prescribed for a range of bacterial infections—most notably , certain gastrointestinal and respiratory infections, and selected skin, bone and j...
A "standard" course depends on the infection: short courses (often 3 days) are commonly effective for uncomplicated bladder infections, typical skin and soft-tissue courses run about 7–14 days, and se...
Female ejaculation—the phenomenon sometimes called “squirting”—has been hypothesized to originate from Skene’s (female prostate) glands and to possibly carry antimicrobial properties that could protec...
during sexual arousal can enhance sensation because bladder fullness and pelvic floor contraction stimulate nerves shared with the genitals, but doing so carries short‑term physiological risks includi...
and can cause measurable rises in prostate‑specific antigen (PSA) even after the prostate has been removed, primarily by causing inflammation or infection that increases PSA leakage from residual pros...
The medical evidence on non-therapeutic child circumcision is contested: some systematic reviews and major pediatric bodies report measurable lifetime reductions in specific infections and cancers, wh...