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can be practiced safely when partners prioritize informed consent, communication, barrier protection, ample lubrication, and slow technique to avoid tissue injury and reduce . Regular testing, vaccina...
Clear, compassionate conversations about hygiene, STI status, protection, and boundaries are the core of safe and consensual anal sex; these talks should include practical plans (condoms, lube, hand/t...
Anal play commonly causes mild soreness, fullness, or brief bleeding that can be managed with conservative aftercare, but specific red flags—severe or worsening pain, heavy or persistent bleeding, fev...
Consistent use of oral or injectable PrEP cuts the per-act risk of acquiring HIV from receptive anal sex from roughly 138 infections per 10,000 exposures (about 1.38% per act) to on the order of 1 per...
Per-act estimates used by major public-health bodies place the risk of HIV transmission from a single act of condomless anal sex at roughly 1.38% (138 per 10,000) for the receptive partner and about 0...