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| B | Bacteria is a kind of microscopic germ. There are a lot of types of bacteria, which cause infections and make people sick. Bacteria are everywhere: in water, in dirt, in plants, in animals, in humans. Human bodies have millions of bacteria inside, and yet, they can receive some dangerous kinds of bacteria from other people, animals, places, which makes them sick. People can also get some dangerous bacteria while unprotected sexual contacts. Bacteria cause sexually transmitted diseases: gonorrhea, syphilis, etc.
Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) is a kind of vagina infection, but it is not considered to be a sexually transmitted disease. It is a kind of overgrowth of some certain bacteria in the vagina. Douching, antibiotics and creams increase a woman’s chances to have BV
Barrier Contraception Method is the method of an unplanned pregnancy prevention by creating a kind of a barrier between the male’s sperm and the female’s egg. This method is also applied, if a person wishes to prevent himself or herself from sexually transmitted diseases. Condoms, Intrauterine Devices, Diaphragm,
Cervical Caps, Shields are considered to be the barrier methods, though not all of them provide defense against sexually transmitted diseases.
Biopsy is the process and the result of the removal of some tissue from the body in order to conduct some kind of a test.
Birth has another term – delivery. It is the process, when the muscles of the uterus push the fetus out through the vagina.
Birth Control is the application of some kind of practices, methods or devices, with the aim to prevent an unplanned pregnancy from occurring in sexually active and fertile women. All birth control methods work by preventing fertilization of an egg or implantation of a fertilized egg into the uterus.
Birth Control Pills are kind of pills, which a woman has to take daily in order to prevent herself from unplanned pregnancy. These pills contain hormones, which prevent ovaries from egg production, as soon as they get inside the woman’s body. No type of birth control pills prevents a woman from sexually transmitted diseases.
Birth Defects are conditions of health (they may be either physical or biochemical), which develop in the fetus during the pregnancy term, and a baby is delivered with them. Birth Defects can be either minor or life – threatening. The main facts, which can cause the birth defects, are the following:
• Natural mutation, which may occur in genes;
• Genes, which are inherited by the baby from one of his parents, or from some other relatives;
• Some kinds of environmental conditions, which influence the pregnancy (if, for example a woman, who is expecting a baby takes a lot of alcohol, of if she is exposed to lead, radiation, etc.)
Bisexual is a person, who may fall in love or choose to have sexual intercourse with either a male or a female.
Blood is a red liquid inside of all living beings bodies. Blood contains white and red blood cells, platelets, proteins and many other elements. The circulatory system transports the blood throughout the body. Blood goes in two directions: arterial (this blood carries oxygen and nutrients to tissues) and venous (the blood, which carries carbon dioxide and metallic by – products to the lungs and kidneys in order to remove them from the body). Through infected blood, practically all kinds of sexually transmitted diseases can be transmitted from one person to another.
Blood Borne Virus is a kind of germs, which live in the blood, and they are not able to live outside of it for a long period of time. HIV, Hepatitis B are Blood Borne kinds of Viruses.
Bone Density is the amount of tone tissue in some certain volume of bone. It can be measured with the help of an X – ray.
Breasts are situated on both males and females chests. However, female’s breasts are larger, and they grow during pubertal period. There are mammary glands in the breasts, within which there is a complex network of branching ducts. These ducts exit from sac – like structures (lobules), which produce milk after a woman delivers a baby. these ducts are situated at the nipples.
Breast Cancer may be diagnosed after a woman comes through mammography, ultrasound testing and biopsy procedures. All types of breast cancer are different from the point of view of their capability or spreading to other body tissues (metastasis). The success of the breast cancer treatment depends on the type of it, on the woman’s age and her state of health.
Breast milk is a fluid, coming out from the woman’s breast. It appears right after a woman delivers a baby, and it can give HIV and some other kinds of sexually transmitted diseases to the baby, if a mother has any of these infections inside.
Breastfeeding is feeding a child with his mother’s or some other woman’s breastmilk. Breast milk is the best food for all infants, as it helps baby’s brain’s development, provides baby’s growth and develops his immune system. Human milk contains immunologic agents and other components, which are extremely useful for a little baby to receive. These components help a newborn baby fight against many kinds of viruses, bacteria and parasites.
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