Gay bowel syndrome was a medical term first used by Henry L. Kazal and colleagues in to describe the various sexually transmitted perianal and rectal diseases and sexual traumas seen in Kazal's proctology practice, which had many gay patients. After Kazal, the term was used sporadically in medical literature from the s to refer to a complex of gastrointestinal symptoms affecting gay men. The term was first used in the pre-HIV era, by Kazal et al.

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Sexually transmitted infection - Wikipedia
If you have sex — oral, anal or vaginal intercourse and genital touching — you can get an STD, also called a sexually transmitted infection STI. Thinking or hoping your partner doesn't have an STI is no protection — you need to know for sure. And although condoms, when properly used, are highly effective for reducing transmission of some STDs, no method is foolproof. STI symptoms aren't always obvious. Some STIs are easy to treat and cure; others require more-complicated treatment to manage them.


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Sexually transmitted diseases STDs — or sexually transmitted infections STIs — are generally acquired by sexual contact. The organisms bacteria, viruses or parasites that cause sexually transmitted diseases may pass from person to person in blood, semen, or vaginal and other bodily fluids. Sometimes these infections can be transmitted nonsexually, such as from mother to infant during pregnancy or childbirth, or through blood transfusions or shared needles. STDs don't always cause symptoms.




Two hundred seventy-nine serum samples from men attending sexually transmitted disease STD clinics in Baltimore, Maryland, were tested for herpes simplex virus type 2 HSV-2 -specific antibody by three immunosorbent glycoprotein Gbased assays the Kalon, Focus, and Biokit assays. All patients were also tested for Chlamydia trachomatis , Neisseria gonorrhoeae , Trichomonas vaginalis , Mycoplasma genitalium , human immunodeficiency virus type 1, and hepatitis C virus. The Kalon assay performed very well with samples from this population