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Dr David DelvinSussex-based writer and broadcaster Dr David Delvin answers your questions on health issues

Email Dr Delvin with your problems at features@theargus.co.uk or write to him at:
The Medic, Argus House, Crowhurst Road, Brighton BN1 8AR.

Getting the point
2:47pm Tuesday 1st July 2008
I am extremely worried about my periods. They have dwindled away to nothing and this month I didn’t come on at all.

Up or down?
2:44pm Tuesday 1st July 2008
Could you explain again about thyroid trouble?

Bedside reading
2:43pm Tuesday 1st July 2008
I am 21, and have a new boyfriend. One night, I opened the drawer next to his bed and found a rude novel hidden there. I wasn't shocked by that, but I was really appalled by the fact the story went on and on about girls being chained up in dungeons and whipped.

Womb for improvement
2:41pm Tuesday 1st July 2008
I have just been to a clinic in London, where they told me I have something called “endometritis”.

Ear and now
2:40pm Tuesday 1st July 2008
I have just come from the surgery, where my doctor has refused to give my little daughter penicillin for her ear ache.

Live-in lover
2:38pm Tuesday 1st July 2008
I have just moved in with my boyfriend. This is the first time I have ever lived with anyone. I am 20. I am really disturbed by the fact that when he wakes up in the morning, he is often erect.

Young shaver
3:12pm Tuesday 24th June 2008
I have a “toy boy” lover and am very happy with him. The only problem is he has to shave four times a day, in order to avoid scraping my chin when kissing.

Low joints
3:11pm Tuesday 24th June 2008
I am 23 and really worried about the fact my feet and knees sometimes click.

On the button
3:09pm Tuesday 24th June 2008
My new bloke says because I only have clitoral orgasms and not vaginal ones, I must be immature!

Doubling up
3:08pm Tuesday 24th June 2008
I am 23 and because my periods are rather uncontrollable, I have got in the habit of using two tampons at once.

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