Pharmacist issues intimate warning as sex blunder can cause 'painful' infection - how to avoid
15.02.2024 - 10:25
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A pharmacist has issued a sex warning to to people who are continuing their Valentine's Day celebrations onwards from February 14 this year.
Yesterday was unsurprisingly one of the busiest days for sex in the UK due to the romantic holiday bringing couples closer together. However there's one bedroom mistake that you don't want to be making.
While it's perfectly healthy and good to be intimate with your partner, there are a couple of things you should be aware of before getting down to it - including nasty infections. Pharmacist Sultan Dajani and advisor to Effercitrate Tablets has warned that people who make this mistake after sex tend to end up with a painful infection.
Those who choose not to pee straight after sex could develop cystitis which is a urinary tract infection (UTI) that affects a person's bladder. Speaking to the Mirror, the pharmacist explained: "Cystitis is very common, and up to one in three women will have recurrent cystitis. Sex-induced cystitis is estimated to account for around 60% of recurrent cases of lower UTIs and hence is an increased risk around Valentine's Day.
"As 90% of cystitis is caused by bacteria from the rectum, movements during sex help move these bacteria up the urethra into the bladder. Movement during sex may also cause damage to the urethra and this slight damage can cause bacteria to thrive and infect the urethra and bladder. Sex from behind, in particular, can inflame the urethra."
But there is one thing you can do straight after sex that could prevent this painful infection and that's to pee after sex. Sultan said: "Cystitis is highly unpleasant causing pain when passing urine, urinary frequency whilst not passing much urine, generally feeling under the weather and sometimes having
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