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About Lyndsay Mercier
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Expertise
I can answer mostly any question regarding STD transmission, symptoms, and outlook.

Experience
I am currently trained and certified in Sexuality Peer Education and teach an STI course at Northern Michigan University.

Organizations
I am the President of a student organization known as VOX:Voices for Planned Parenthood, which is an organization focused on sexual health and reproductive freedom.

Publications
I have written an article regarding teen pregnancy for www.Teenwire.com, which is due to be published on June 24th.

Education/Credentials
I am currently pursuing my BS in Psychology with a double minor of Sociology and Gender Studies.

   

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Questions Answered By Expert  Lyndsay Mercier 
In Category  Sexually Transmitted Diseases

SubjectDate Asked

Chlamydia7/8/2008
  Q: ! I have been with my current boyfriend for just over 5 years. He is the first and only person I ...
  A: Susane, In the past five years you have been together, have you always had unprotected sex? The ...
Should I douche?7/6/2008
  Q: I'm really embarrassed to be asking this question... and yes, I know that usually the answer is ...
  A: Suzie, Sometimes women think that if they had unprotected sex and they douche afterwards, that it ...
labia menora7/2/2008
  Q: So my "labia menora" looks all weird, it is stretchy and sometimes sticks out of my vagina, I have ...
  A: Kel, It is totally normal for your labia to be long, short, stretchy, wrinkly, and a million other ...
STD6/28/2008
  Q: I am young mathematician in Andhra and I am contributing my life to Mathematics. I am (28 years ...
  A: Raja, If your doctor assured you that you are free from disease, then I'm sure that your bleeding ...
chlamydia6/25/2008
  Q: I have had sex with one person over the last year. Two days after the last time we had sex I started ...
  A: Chris, Sometimes it can take a while for symptoms of a sexually transmitted infection to show up. ...
Not sure what this thing is!6/25/2008
  Q: I am not sure if this is STD related, but it is concerning my genital area. I am 21 years old. My ...
  A: Emily, Its always a good idea to have things like this checked out by a doctor just to be sure, but ...
Should I start PEP6/24/2008
  Q: I was at my gym the last evening. when came back to the canteen after my shower there was another ...
  A: Rajaram, First of all, do you have reason to believe that the other person may be infected with ...
STD6/23/2008
  Q: I am young mathematician in Andhra and I am contributing my life to Mathematics. I am (28 years ...
  A: Raaz, I've never heard of thinning hands being a symptom of HIV, but unexpected weight loss in ...
bumps and itching rash throughout bikini area6/23/2008
  Q: Ok - maybe I am worry for nothing. I have not been sexualy active for about 2 months and before that ...
  A: Ashley, What you have sounds like razor burn, which you said is something you usually have since ...
Chlamysia6/20/2008
  Q: Hey, a very short question, but I was just wondering, does a man have to ejaculate inside the women ...
  A: James, No, a man does not have to ejaculate to give someone chlamydia. It can be transmitted ...
possible infection6/20/2008
  Q: Because of the heat I sleep in the nude and the other day my sister left the dog door open and the ...
  A: Susan, I don't believe so. First of all, dogs don't have sexually transmitted infections. Also, I'm ...
Blowjob Contest6/18/2008
  Q: I'm a 13 year old girl in an open relationship with my boyfriend. Me and my boyfriend will be going ...
  A: Ruby, I didn't know there really were oral sex parties, especially hosted by 8th graders. I thought ...
A possible STD?6/18/2008
  Q: My boyfriend says he has little white dots NOT bumps on the base of his penis and under it all on ...
  A: Andrea, Yes, HPV is sexually transmitted. You get it from skin to skin contact with someone who ...
A possible STD?6/17/2008
  Q: My boyfriend says he has little white dots NOT bumps on the base of his penis and under it all on ...
  A: Andrea, I believe that genital warts (HPV) can appear as "dots", and not always bumps. Sometimes ...
are these symptoms of an std?6/16/2008
  Q: I got my first pap smear about a month ago knowing full well when i went in there i had some kind of ...
  A: Melissa, Depending on what type of infection you had, a sexually transmitted infection is the same ...
disease6/13/2008
  Q: okay well i have been dating my boyfriend michael for a month and we have not had any kind of sexual ...
  A: Tiffany, No, you cannot get any sexually transmitted diseases from kissing, unless you both had ...
Possible STD?6/12/2008
  Q: It has been about a week after intercouse~ there was no condom worn~ my vagina is red on the inside ...
  A: Typically STI symptoms take longer than a week to show up-if they even show up at all, but a rash ...
molloscum transmission6/12/2008
  Q: i was diagnosed with mollosum about a month ago but have had them for about 3 months. i have been ...
  A: Molloscum is very contagious. This infection can be spread from person to person by direct skin ...

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