Dear Dr. Flex,
I am a 26-year-old unmarried woman who is sexually active with my boyfriend for the past three years. I often get infected with pus formation in my vagina. After I make love to him, my vagina starts burning and soon gets infected. I feel like peeing again and again. Every minute I feel like using the toilet. My boyfriend is very clean but still I get infected. I have visited my doctor and tired of taking tablets. Can you please advise me on this?
M.P., Kingston 5

Dear M.P.,
Your problem is likely to be Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI). Since this problem is recurrent, despite repeated treatments from gynaecologist, it is better that both you and your partner get examined together and take treatment. Sometimes the male partner may not have symptoms, but that does not mean he is clean. More importantly, you should search for one stable relationship and get married. Get yourself and your partner screened for HIV antibodies and VDRL test. If your partner does not co-operate, avoid him and search for a durable stable partnership.

Avoid sexual relations during treatment course. After that if you cannot avoid sexual relations with that boyfriend, ask him to use condoms consistently and regularly in all sexual acts. Condoms give protection to some extent, but not 100 percent. There is nothing better than a mutual faithful sexual relation after marriage or abstinence before marriage.