Posted on 09/15/2022 9:48:04 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Gay men are more than twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than heterosexual men when both populations engage in high-risk sexual activity.
"To our knowledge, this is the first large population-based study that demonstrates a higher prevalence of IBD in men who engage in high-risk same-sex sexual activity," said Emad Mansoor. "Our study is expected to open a new field of research into gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions."
"Studying the cause of IBD in this underrepresented patient population in comparison to other patient groups," said Fabio Cominelli, "will allow us to further investigate the cause of disease development in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients and develop personalized precision medicine and treatment strategies, while also reducing stigma."
The study's impact is significant, as more than 7.1% of the United States population identifies as LGBTQIA+, an increase from 5.6% in 2020, according to Gallup.
The team evaluated self-reported data from patients treated at 58 health care organizations in the U.S. between 2002 and 2022.
The data showed that in patients with a diagnosis of high-risk same-sex sexual activity, 0.8% were diagnosed with Crohn's disease and 1.26% with ulcerative colitis. These findings were compared to men who engage in high-risk heterosexual activity, of which, 0.49% had Crohn's disease and 0.52% had ulcerative colitis.
High-risk sexual activity as defined in this study includes sexual contact without barrier protection as well as having multiple sexual partners.
The team also further analyzed the data in relation to Crohn's disease and found men who engaged in high-risk same-sex sexual activity were more likely to have peri-anal disease including peri-anal abscess, rectal abscess and stricturing disease of the colon or small intestine. Among those with severe manifestations of ulcerative colitis, men who engaged in high-risk same-sex sexual activity were more likely to undergo partial colectomy.
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Following the Science?
Who would do that?
Ok, that made me spray my beer - thanks hg.
Wonder why they didn’t look at the rates in women who allow anal penetration by males who engage in high risk hetero sex.? Plus they should have compared the rates in sodomites who are always in the receiving end with those on the giving end.
Should be illuminating.
Either way, another grouping of diseases that are associated with a higher rate of occurrence with men who have sex with men. What a sad, sad situation. It’s almost as if it’s slow suicide.
I’m shocked I tell ya, just shocked! Who could have known that repeatedly ramming a blunt object in and out of one’s rectum could cause serious medical issues? On the other hand could wrecked rectums, anal fissures and the like be instead caused by climate change, racism or transphobia? Someone needs to fund a study to find out.
Bears repeating.
There are two sexes, and one sex act.
My BFF got a giggle out of this one, sooo she wrote an “Irish Poem: - to wit
Chafe Spaces???
An Irish Poem by Squeeky Fromm
There once was a faggot named Fred -
Who wondered why his a$$ was red???
His doctor was glum,
When he looked at his bum -
“I think it’s what you do in bed!
Shocking.
EXIT ONLY
In other news, a decades long multi-billion dollar study has concluded that allowing strangers to stick their finger in your eye can cause irritation and eventual blindness.
Anal cancer incidence in men with HIV who have sex with men: are black men at higher risk?
...but check out this bit of info in the abstract...
...Crude rates of anal cancer were 204 versus 61 per 100 000 person-years among Black versus non-Black MSM...
I've seen zero public health related discussion about this in the enemedia or from public officials. Including people of color.
I did not know that. I never even thought about it, really ...
But none of those findings surprise me.
Flaming flags twice as likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ... You can’t make this up.
We needed tp spend tax $$$ on a study that the normal world understood to be axiomatic.
Montana musket loaders?
And this is why that horrible lifestyle was illegal and should be illegal again.
Don’t that make their brown eyes blue?
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