General Article What is sexual health?

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Your body’s changing

When you become a teenager, your body changes and develops towards sexual maturity (basically, you go from being a child to an adult). This is called ‘puberty’. There are visible changes to your body as well as changes inside. Girls start having periods every month and their breasts grow. For guys, erections become much more frequent and unused sperm is released in semen during a ‘wet dream’ (usually at night during sleep). Being aware about these changes to your body an...

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