Got a question? What do the experts have to say? Look here for answers to many common questions.

Birth Control, Pregnancy & STDs

• Are Condoms 100% Effective?
• Can Birth Control Help With Cramps?
• Can Fingering or Oral Sex Cause an Infection?
• Can Getting the HPV Vaccine Help if I Already Have Genital Warts?
• Can Having Sex While Standing Up Help Prevent Pregnancy?
• Can I Get Pregnant From Oral Sex?
• Can I Get Pregnant Right After My Period Ends?
• Can I Get Pregnant Through Anal Sex?
• Can I Get Pregnant if My Periods Are Irregular?
• Can Someone With No Sores Still Pass the Herpes Virus to Others?
• Can Vaginal Cleaning Prevent Pregnancy?
• Can You Get HIV From Having Sex With Someone Who Has AIDS?
• Can You Get Pregnant From Fingering?
• Can You Still Have Your Period if You're Pregnant?
• Can You Use Two Condoms for Extra Protection?
• Could I Get Pregnant if I Have Sex During My Period?
• Could I Get Pregnant if I've Never Had My Period?
• Could I Get Pregnant the First Time I Have Sex?
• Do I Have to Get All My HPV Vaccine Shots?
• Do You Have to See a Doctor to Find Out if You Have an STD?
• Do You Need a Pelvic Exam to Get Birth Control?
• Does the HPV Vaccine Cause Paralysis?
• How Can Condoms Break?
• How Can I Find Out if My Partner Has an STD?
• How Can I Get Birth Control Without Telling My Parents?
• How Can I Get the Pill if I Don't Have a Family Doctor?
• How Can I Tell If I Have a Yeast Infection?
• How Can You Tell if a Condom Has Expired?
• How Do I Find Out if a Guy I Had Sex With Has an STD?
• I Have Bumps on My Penis. Is This Normal?
• Is It OK to Carry Condoms in a Wallet?
• Is It OK to Have Sex While You Have Your Period?
• Should I Worry About Getting an STD?
• What Are Dental Dams?
• What Can Cause Pimples Near the Vagina?
• What Can I Say to a Friend Who's Having Unprotected Sex?
• What Should I Do if a Condom Breaks?
• What if a Condom Slips Off During Sex?
• When's the Best Time to Have Sex and Avoid Pregnancy?
• Why Has My Discharge Changed?

Body Image

• Can Bras Affect Breast Growth?
• Can I Make My Breasts Larger?
• Does Touching Breasts Make Them Grow?
• How Can I Get Rid of Extra Skin After Weight Loss?
• I'm a Guy. Why Do I Have a Lump In My Breast?
• Is It Normal for One Testicle to Be Bigger?
• Is It Possible to Lose Weight Without Exercising?
• Should I Go on a Diet?
• What Can I Do to Become Taller?
• What's the Best Way to Remove Excess Pubic Hair?
• Why Are My Breasts Different Sizes?
• Why Are My Breasts Sore?

Dieting & Weight

• How Can I Get Motivated to Exercise?
• How Can I Get Rid of Extra Skin After Weight Loss?
• Is It Possible to Lose Weight Without Exercising?
• Should I Go on a Diet?
• What Can I Do About Overeating?

Doctors, Hospitals & Medicine

• Can I Get My Medical Records if a Doctor Moves Away?
• Can a Doctor Tell During Your Pelvic Exam if You've Had Sex?
• Do I Have to Get All My HPV Vaccine Shots?
• Do I Need a Pelvic Exam if I Had the HPV Vaccine?
• Does My Mom Have to Be in the Room During My Gyn Exam?
• Does the HPV Vaccine Cause Paralysis?
• How Can I Get the Pill if I Don't Have a Family Doctor?
• How Can I See My Doctor Without My Parents?
• How Can I Take Charge of My Own Medical Care?
• How Do I Switch Doctors?
• Is It Normal to Feel Sick During a Blood Draw?
• Is a Gynecologist the Same as a Primary Care Doctor?
• My Asthma Inhaler Doesn't Help. What Can I Do?
• Should I Do Breast Self-Exams?
• What Should I Do About Lumps in My Testicles?
• When Is it Time to Start Seeing a Gynecologist?
• Why Do Doctors Press on Your Stomach During a Checkup?
• Why Do I Get an Erection During My Testicular Exam?
• Why Does the Doctor Have to Examine My Testicles?

Fitness, Exercise & Sports

• Did My Period Stop Because of Too Much Exercise?
• How Can I Get Motivated to Exercise?
• Is It Dangerous to Run in the Heat?
• Is It Possible to Lose Weight Without Exercising?
• My Asthma Inhaler Doesn't Help. What Can I Do?
• Should I Exercise if I Feel Sore?
• What Can Help Prevent Breast Pain During Workouts?
• What Happens if You Keep Playing Sports When You're Injured?
• What Happens in ACL Surgery?
• What's a Healthy Alternative to Water?
• Why Wear a Helmet If It Can't Prevent Concussions?

Food & Nutrition

• Are There Healthy Fast-Food Options?
• I'm Skinny, So Does It Matter What I Eat?
• What Can I Do About Overeating?
• What's a Healthy Alternative to Water?

Friends & Relationships

• A Friend Keeps Asking Me to Do Sexual Stuff. How Do I Make Him Stop?
• How Can I Find Out if My Partner Has an STD?
• How Can I Help My Partner Stop Smoking?
• How Can I Help Someone With Autism?
• My Partner Has a Peanut Allergy. Do We Have to Worry About Kissing?
• What Can I Say to a Friend Who's Having Unprotected Sex?
• What Should I Do if My Friend Has an Asthma Flare-Up?

Health Problems

• Can I Donate Blood After Having Hepatitis B?
• Can Video Games Give People Motion Sickness?
• Could My Kids Be Born With Sickle Cell Disease Someday?
• Does Swallowing Gum Cause Intestinal Problems?
• How Can I Tell If I Have a Yeast Infection?
• How Will I Know If I Have Impacted Wisdom Teeth?
• I Have Sickle Cell Disease. What Should I Know About Going Away to College?
• I'm Pregnant. Should I Get the Flu Shot?
• I'm a Guy. Why Do I Have a Lump In My Breast?
• Is it Common to Get Migraines Before Your Period?
• My Partner Has a Peanut Allergy. Do We Have to Worry About Kissing?
• Should I Do Breast Self-Exams?
• What Are Impacted Wisdom Teeth?
• What Causes Muscle Twitches?
• What Should I Do About Lumps in My Testicles?
• What Should I Do if My Friend Has an Asthma Flare-Up?
• What's the Difference Between Infectious and Contagious?
• What's the Difference Between a Treatment and a Cure?
• When Can I Go Back to School If I Have the Flu?
• Why Am I Getting Urinary Tract Infections?
• Why Wear a Helmet If It Can't Prevent Concussions?
• Will My Monthly Cycle Go Back to Normal With PCOS Treatment?

Hygiene

• Can I Wear the Same Pad All Day?
• How Do I Get Rid of Hair on My Upper Lip?
• How Do I Remove Hair Around My Nipples?
• Is It Safe to Shave Pubic Hair?
• What Can I Do About Sweating?
• What's the Best Way to Remove Excess Pubic Hair?
• Why Do My Palms Always Feel Sweaty?
• Why Has My Discharge Changed?

Mononucleosis

• Can I Drink Alcohol if I Have Mono?
• Can You Get Mono From Just a Quick Kiss?
• Can a Person Get Mono More Than Once?
• How Is Mono Spread?

Parents & Family

• Can I Get Checked for STDs Without My Parents Knowing?
• How Can I See My Doctor Without My Parents?
• How Can I Take Charge of My Own Medical Care?

Periods

• Am I Still a Virgin if I Use a Tampon?
• Can Birth Control Help With Cramps?
• Can I Get Pregnant if My Periods Are Irregular?
• Can I Have Sex With a Tampon In?
• Can I Practice Using a Tampon Before I Get My Period?
• Can I Use a Tampon If I'm a Virgin?
• Can I Wear the Same Pad All Day?
• Can Masturbation Affect Periods?
• Could I Get Pregnant if I've Never Had My Period?
• Did My Period Stop Because of Too Much Exercise?
• How Do I Know if My Period Is Regular?
• I Think I Had My First Period. How Can I Be Sure?
• I Throw Up During My Period. Is That Normal?
• I'm 14 and I Don't Have My Period Yet. Is This Normal?
• I'm 19. Is it Normal to Still Have Irregular Periods?
• I've Never Had My Period, So What's This Discharge?
• Is It Normal for My Period to Stop at Night?
• Is It Normal for Period Blood to Come Out in Clumps?
• Is It OK to Have Sex While You Have Your Period?
• Is It OK to Wear a Tampon in the Bath or Shower?
• Is Period Blood Always Red?
• Is it Common to Get Migraines Before Your Period?
• Is it OK to Get My Period Twice in One Month?
• Is it OK to Have a Discharge After Getting Your Period?
• My Breasts Ache During My Period. What Can I Do?
• My Periods Are Irregular. What's Going On?
• Should I Take Pills to Regulate My Period?
• Why Do I Feel Depressed When I Have My Period?
• Will My Monthly Cycle Go Back to Normal With PCOS Treatment?

Sex

• A Friend Keeps Asking Me to Do Sexual Stuff. How Do I Make Him Stop?
• Can Fingering or Oral Sex Cause an Infection?
• Can Having Sex While Standing Up Help Prevent Pregnancy?
• Can I Get Checked for STDs Without My Parents Knowing?
• Can I Have Sex With a Tampon In?
• Can I Stop Myself From Having a Wet Dream?
• Can Masturbation Stunt My Growth?
• Can Wearing Tight Clothes Affect Sperm Count?
• Can You Get Genital Herpes From a Cold Sore?
• Can You Get HIV From Having Sex With Someone Who Has AIDS?
• Can You Get Pregnant From Pre-Ejaculate?
• Can You Get a Yeast Infection After Having Sex?
• Can You Still Get Genital Warts If You've Had All the HPV Shots?
• Can a Doctor Tell During Your Pelvic Exam if You've Had Sex?
• Can a Doctor Tell if You've Been Masturbating?
• Could I Get Pregnant if I Have Sex During My Period?
• Do I Have to Get All My HPV Vaccine Shots?
• Do You Have to See a Doctor to Find Out if You Have an STD?
• Does My Mom Have to Be in the Room During My Gyn Exam?
• Does Touching Breasts Make Them Grow?
• Getting Tested for STDs
• How Do I Find Out if a Guy I Had Sex With Has an STD?
• I Have Bumps on My Penis. Is This Normal?
• Is It Normal for One Testicle to Be Bigger?
• Is It Normal to Have an Erection When Waking Up?
• Is It Normal to Masturbate?
• Is It Normal to Think About Sex a Lot?
• Is It OK to Carry Condoms in a Wallet?
• Is It OK to Have Sex While You Have Your Period?
• Should I Shave My Pubic Hair Before Having Sex?
• Should I Worry About Getting an STD?
• Should You Tell the Doctor if You're Having Sex?
• What Are Dental Dams?
• What Are Wet Dreams?
• What Can Cause Pimples Near the Vagina?
• What Can I Say to a Friend Who's Having Unprotected Sex?
• What Should I Do if a Condom Breaks?
• What if a Condom Slips Off During Sex?
• When's the Best Time to Have Sex and Avoid Pregnancy?
• Why Do My Testicles Ache?
• Why Has My Discharge Changed?
• Will I Bleed the First Time I Have Sex?

Skin

• How Do I Get Rid of Hair on My Upper Lip?
• How Do I Remove Hair Around My Nipples?
• I Got Blisters From a Sunburn. What Should I Do?
• Is It a Good Idea to Use Skin Care Products?
• Keratosis Pilaris
• Should I Pop My Pimple?
• What Can Cause Pimples Near the Vagina?
• What Can I Do to Prevent Razor Burn?

Sleep

• Can Lack of Sleep Stunt Your Growth?
• Does the Light From a Screen Make it Hard to Sleep?
• How Can I Deal With Nightmares?
• Is It Normal to Have an Erection When Waking Up?
• Is It OK to Wear a Bra While Sleeping?
• Is it OK to Sleep Less on Weekdays and More on Weekends?
• What Are Wet Dreams?
• What Should I Do If I Can't Sleep?
• Why Do I Feel Paralyzed Before I Fall Asleep?
• Why Does My Body Jerk Before I Fall Asleep?

Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

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