>> THAT IS RIGHT. SO PARENTS MAY BE OF LITTLE EARS IN THE ROOM IT MIGHT BE A
GOOD TIME TO GET THEM BUSY WITH
SOMETHING ELSE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BECAUSE MORNING ERIKA KURRE
KIRSTIN O’CONNER HERE NOW WITH
OB/GYN TO TALK ABOUT SEXUAL
HEALTH.
>> I AM HERE WITH ORLANDO
HEALTH DOCTOR CHRISTINE.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH SB4 FOR ASK A
DOCTOR AND WE APPRECIATE YOU
BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE WE GET INTO THE
NITTY-GRITTY HERE WE DO WANT TO
TALK ABOUT CONSENSUAL ADULT
RELATIONSHIPS.
THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE
DISCUSSING WITH THE SEGMENT
TODAY.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS
ANSWERED.
I KNOW YOU GOOD PEOPLE COMING
IN ALL THE TIME AS AN OB/GYN
WERE MAYBE A LITTLE NERVOUS
ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THEIR
BODIES.
SO LET’S TALK ABOUT MAYBE THOSE
SYMPTOMS AND THINGS YOU SHOULD
LOOK OUT FOR THAT COULD BE
WARNING SIGNS BUT SOMETHING
BIGGER IS HAPPENING.
>> GREAT, YES, SOUNDS PERFECT.
>> WHAT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS
THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD LOOK OUT
FOR?
SAY YOU JUST GOT INTO A NEW
RELATIONSHIP AND YOU ARE
THINKING I DO NOT FEEL NORMAL
AND SOMETHING IS WRONG.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WARNING
SIGNS?
>> SO WHY WOULD ASK MYSELF IF
IN A NEW RELATIONSHIP HAVE I
BEEN TESTED, HAS MY PARTNER
BEEN TESTED.
IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE I WOULD
DEFINITELY GO SEEK YOUR DOCTOR
TO GO GET THAT DONE.
AND IF YOU DO HAVE CERTAIN
CONCERNS, YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE
SORE OR HAVE ANY CHANGES DOWN
THERE THAN THAT IS WHEN YOU
START TO ASK YOURSELF AND START
TO WONDER.
THEN YOU MAY WANT TO BRING IT
TO MEDICAL ATTENTION.
>> HOW LONG SHOULD YOU WAIT?
I’M SURE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO
WOULD SAY THIS IS NO BIG DEAL
IT’S ONLY BEEN A FEW DAYS.
MAYBE I WILL WAIT UNTIL NEXT
WEEK.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
IT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
SORENESS FOR EXAMPLE, THEN YOU
COULD WAIT A DAY OR TWO.
AND IF IT PERSISTS THAT IS WHEN
YOU NEED TO GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR.
BUT IF YOU DO NOTICE ANY
CHANGES DOWN THERE, BURNING,
IRRITATION, CONCERNS WHEN GOING
TO THE BATHROOM.
THAT IS WHEN IT IS NOT
SOMETHING THAT SHOULD WAIT.
>> THIS WEEKEND IS ACTUALLY THE
AIDS WALK AND WE’VE HAD HOPE
AND HELP ON NEWS 6 AT NINE A
COUPLE TIMES TO TALK ABOUT HOW
TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND TO MAKE
SURE YOU ARE GETTING THE
TESTING THAT YOU NEED.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE MORE
SERIOUS ISSUES THAT COULD BE
LINGERING IF YOU DON’T GET THE
HELP AFTER RECOGNIZING THOSE
SYMPTOMS?
>> GREAT TO ASK.
SOME OF THE MORE SERIOUS
CONCERNS COULD BE STARTING WITH
YOUR URINARY TRACT.
YOU COULD HAVE A URINARY TRACT
INFECTION.
IF YOU HAVE A URINARY TRACT
INFECTION THAT CAN GO ALL THE
WAY UP TO YOUR KIDNEYS.
SO THAT IS IMPORTANT TO GET IT
ADDRESSED.
OR YOU COULD HAVE AN INFECTION
THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY
SYMPTOMATIC AT FIRST MEANING
YOU DO NOT KNOW IF YOU HAVE IT
AND THEN SLOWLY CAN START
CAUSING AND WREAKING HAVOC IN
YOUR BODIES AND CAUSING A LOT
OF PAIN.
SO IT’S A PAIN, CHANGES IN THE
WAY YOU FEEL DOWN THERE.
WHETHER IT IS GOING TO THE
PBATHROOM OR NOT.
BASICALLY IF YOU ARE NOTICING
THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAT
IS WHEN IT’S IMPORTANT TO BRING
IT TO YOUR DOCTOR’S ATTENTION.
>> BECAUSE YOU DO NOT FEEL
NORMAL.
>> CORRECT AND THAT IS WHAT WE
ARE HERE FOR.
>> SO WHEN THESE RELATIONSHIPS
ARE HAVING THE DOOR MAYBE A
LITTLE NEW TO YOU AND YOU’RE
NOT SURE WHO THE OTHER PERSON
IS.
YOU SAID YOU NEED TO ASK THESE
PEOPLE HAVE YOU BEEN TESTED.
>> CORRECT REFUGES HAVE THE
CONVERSATION.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND SEE THE MEDICAL PROOF
LIKES YES.
>> HOW DO YOU HAVE THE
CONVERSATION?
>> IF YOU GET TO THE POINT OF
YOUR RELATIONSHIP, HOPEFULLY
YOU WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE TO
ADDRESS THAT.
AND IF NOT.
YES YOU GET TO THAT POINT AND
SAY -- BLAME IT ON YOUR DOCTOR.
LIMIT ON ME IS WHAT I TELL MY
PATIENTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU
CAN HAVE THAT YOU MAY NOT EVEN
KNOW THAT YOU HAVE.
SO IT IS BEST TO START THINGS
OFF ON THE RIGHT TRACK OF BOTH
OF YOU BEING TESTED SO YOU CAN
MAKE SURE YOU ARE BOTH WELL
BEFORE GOING FORWARD WITH THAT
SO NO WORRIES.
>> OKAY THAT IS A GREAT ANSWER
AND I DO LOVE TO BLAME IT ON
YOUR DOCTOR THING.
[LAUGHTER] YOU WERE JUST
EXPERIENCING SOMETHING THAT I
WOULD SAY IS LESSER SYMPTOM.
LET’S SAY BURNING OR ITCHING
SENSATION.
SHOULD YOU BE BORED ENOUGH TO
GO TO DOCTOR?
>> IF YOU HAVE HAD THAT BEFORE,
LIKE IF YOU HAD CERTAIN THINGS
THAT RESPOND TO
OVER-THE-COUNTER TREATMENT
BEFORE, THEN SURE, YOU COULD
TRY THAT.
TRY THAT TREATMENT FIRST.
IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN THE
CLEAR FOR THE INFECTIONS, ETC.
BUT IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A
BEFORE AND IT IS NEW JUST GIVE
A CALL TO US.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR.
THERE IS NO WALK OF SHAME.
THAT IS WHAT YOUR OB/GYN IS
HERE FOR.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE
COMFORTABLE RELATIONSHIP YOU
MAY WANT TO ASK YOUR FRIEND
TODAY GO TO AND MAYBE CHANGE
DOCTORS.
>> GREAT ANSWERS.
THIS IS WHAT THE SEGMENT IS ALL
ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THOSE
QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE YOU ARE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SO WE