Lewdog
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I have two elderly gay men friends who are having digestive problems with colitis and Crohns disease and uncontrollable diarrhea and in and out of the hospital. One attempted suicide about a year ago because of the excruciating pain. Inflammation of the lower bowels is common. You may not feel it as first but it will eventually become a pain in the ass. No pun intended,
You don't get Crohn's disease from anal sex.
It is common among gays and there are other health problems related to anal sex.
Causes of Proctitis
Proctitis has many causes, but sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are the most common. Gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, anal warts, and chlamydia are the most common cause of sexually transmitted proctitis. Proctitis is increasingly more common in homosexual men and in people engaging in oral-anal or anal intercourse with many partners.
Ok, but my post said, "You don't get Crohn's disease from anal sex."
Crohn's disease is not Proctitis.
Gay men are not the only people that have anal sex.