Editorial

Welcome to this issue of the journal which goes out in paper print and, on-line at www.sexualhealthmatters.com There is evidence that the site gets visitors because every month I receive e-mails from different parts of the world. The e-mails are from members of the public who have anxieties about various aspects of their sexual health. More mails are welcome and the editorial staff will continue to do their best in providing this service.

While on the subject of the Internet, I also receive a lot of junk mail asking me if I need viagra, or if I am considering penile or breast enlargement surgery! These only demonstrate the important role of sexual matters in peoples’ daily lives. These issues are not to be trivialized.

The sexual health campaigns in the early 1990s contributed to the decline in the prevalence of genital gonorrhoeal infection in the UK. However in recent times there is a notable rise in incidence and prevalence of gonorrhoeal infection in the UK. Tayal et al highlight this in their article. Wendy Shepherd in her article on prostitution addressed the legal and social aspects of this practice in the UK. Abortion is an emotive issue. According to Rotimi Jaiyesimi in his paper, there have been more than 5 million abortions since the Abortion Act of 1967. Are there alternatives? Do these women have enough support? The years following menopause present a challenge for women, their families and their healthcare providers. Bolaji et al have written on the benefits and disadvantages of hormone replacement therapy. Irregular vaginal bleeding may have hormonal or non-hormonal aetiology. As pointed out in a case report by Menon et al, a careful search may reveal an intestinal worm.

The searchlight in this issue sheds light on spontaneous recurrent abortions, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndromes and female sexual dysfunction. Quite interesting and informative.

Have a nice summer.

Abayomi Opaneye
Editor –in- Chief.

©2002 Sexual Health Matters. Published Quarterly by Express Print Works, Middlesbrough, UK
ISSN 1469-7556
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