Incontinence, bleeding and STIs among consequences, say two surgeons, who want doctors to raise the topic with patients. Women in the UK are suffering injuries and other health problems as a result of the growing popularity of anal sex among straight couples, two NHS surgeons have warned. The consequences include incontinence and sexually transmitted infections STIs as well as pain and bleeding because they have experienced bodily trauma while engaging in the practice, the doctors write in an article in the British Medical Journal.
However, women who engage in anal sex are at greater risk from it than men. National Survey of Sexual Attitudes research undertaken in Britain has found that the proportion of to year-olds engaging in heterosexual anal intercourse has risen from Many doctors, though, especially GPs and hospital doctors, are reluctant to talk to women about the risks involved, partly because they do not want to seem judgmental or homophobic, they add.
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