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Combined contraceptives: Interaction with other medicines
May 2nd
If you are prescribed one of these antibiotics, use additional contraception (e.g. condoms) while you are taking the antibiotic and for 7 days after finishing the course. If the 7 days runs beyond the end of a pill pack, skip the pill free break and start a new pack straight away. In the case of the Every Day (ED) pill — if the 7 days runs into the inactive pills, skip the inactive pills and start a new pack straight away.
How combined contraceptive pills works
May 1st
Breast cancer has been found very slightly more often in women who take the Combined Oral Contraceptive (COC) pill than in women of the same age who do not. For women 35 years or younger who are not on the COC pill, the risk of breast cancer is 4 women out of 2,000. If the COC pill is taken, the risk increases to 5 women out of 2,000. If the COC pill is stopped, the risk of breast cancer reduces so that 10 years after stopping, the risk is the same as if you had never taken the COC pill.
Lessons on HIV and AIDS: Oral thrush
Feb 25th
There are four common types of oral candida; these types have different signs. The four common types are:
1. oral thrush — also known as pseudomembranous oral candidiasis,
2. acute atrophic oral candidiasis — also known as acute erythematous oral candidiasis,
3. denture stomatitis — also known as chronic erythematous oral candidiasis and chronic atrophic oral candidiasis, and
4. chronic plaque-like oral candidiasis — also known as chronic hyperplastic oral candidiasis.
The infections you can catch through oral sex
Jan 1st
The symptoms of an STI vary depending on the type of infection. However, most STIs are treatable if detected early enough, so if you suspect that you may have an infection, it is important to visit your local family planning clinic, or genito-urinary medicine (GUM) clinic, as soon as possible.
