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A condition that can affect the pleasure or pain experienced during sex.
vary across individuals and those differences systematically change how penetration contacts sensitive surfaces—front wall (), distal third, cervix—and therefore which sex positions tend to feel bette...
Beginners are safest starting with small, gradual diameters (often under ½ inch / ~12 mm for the smallest in many kits) and progressing slowly through a graduated set rather than jumping sizes . Mater...
Prostate massage can be practiced for sexual pleasure or attempted as a complementary self-care technique, but it carries real risks—rectal tearing, infection spread, and worsening of certain prostate...
Receptive anal sex can be associated with temporary changes in bowel sensations — including bowel urgency and, in some cases, altered bowel habits such as transient diarrhea or constipation — but it i...
Pelvic floor tension—sometimes called an overactive or “tight” pelvic floor—is repeatedly linked in pelvic-health literature to increased rectal pressure, straining and symptoms that either cause or m...
Tears, bleeding and infection after anal sphincter injury produce immediate pain, wound breakdown and local inflammation that can impede proper repair and healing . When structural damage or nerve inj...
Multiple lines of contemporary research show that vaginal and pelvic anatomy vary between populations and that childbirth—especially vaginal delivery—produces measurable, sometimes persistent changes ...
Chronic anal or rectal pain following anal intercourse can arise from a range of local injuries, pelvic‑floor dysfunction, infection, or less commonly neuropathic syndromes, and long‑term treatments a...