Dr Girl/Dr Kate Q&A

As always, the lovely Dr Kate is in the house ready and waiting to answer all your medical concerns. This month she discusses the problem of over-produced prostaglandins and the dreaded period pain!

Dr Kate specialises in women's reproductive health and is a representative of MSIA - Marie Stopes International Australia. As the resident doctor at FEMAIL, she is here to advise and answer all your medical queries.

MSIA is part of the http://www.mariestopes.org.au Marie Stopes International partnership which works in 39 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe. Collectively they are a movement advocating for reproductive rights and providing services that improve and save peoples lives, making a real difference. Marie Stopes in Australia, plays a pivotal role in facilitating this within the Asia Pacific region.

So if you have a question or a concern - go to:

Dear Doctor



Dear Uncertain,

It is true that you can rarely pick up a STD from oral sex. What is most important to know is that it is most common when you have an "active lesion". This means that if someone has a STD including genital herpes, or oral herpes (or coldsores) that these can be transmitted to the other person during oral sex. Hence it is during these situations that it is most important to use condoms, wait for the herpes or coldsores to heal completely, or treat the STD.