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Yeast infections are very common and usually easy to treat with over the counter medication.

Bacterial vaginosis is the most common vaginal infection in women of childbearing age. “Make an appointment”:/about/appointments/ for testing if you have symptoms.

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Learn about your body and find out how male and female sexual anatomy works.

Anyone can use abstinence to prevent pregnancy and infections, but you need to make sure you’re abstaining from the *all* the necessary sexual activities.

Condoms can protect against HIV transmission during sex.

Condoms and other barriers can reduce your risk of syphilis. “Contact our clinics”:/about/contact/ for syphilis tests.

I can’t begin to tell you how excited we are here at Island Sexual Health (ISHS) to have our updated site up and running. We spent a lot of time updating all of the sexual health information and making it current, accessible and relevant for not only our clients here in Greater Victoria but for…

Sex safety and regular infection screening reduces your risk of pelvic inflammatory disease.