What are the non STD risks of unprotected anal sex?
I have already had protected anal sex with my girlfriend and as for regular vaginal sex we don’t use protection and we’ve had to use the morning after pill a few times. We know we’re both clean of AIDS / HIV
I just want to know what other risks are possible for her and me, mostly for me because, 1) I’m gentle and don’t make her bleed, and I would never put it into her mouth or vagina after anal penetration. other than those, if I have unprotected anal sex with her, could i contract anything? Like from any fecal matter? even if she washes off inside? if so (which i suspect so) what are the probabilities? Also from ejaculating inside her rectum, even though that was already implied…
The morning after pill (Plan B in the US, apparently) is intended as an emergency contraceptive when regular contraceptive measures may have failed, and should not be used on a regular basis as a primary means of contraception (which is what your comment seems to indicate). Start using regular, everyday contraception if you want to have unprotected vaginal intercourse - there are plenty of options for both of you, and they have to end up cheaper than what you are doing at the moment.
Certainly there is a risk to you - no matter how she washes, the rectum is loaded with fecal bacteria, and you could easily end up with a urinary tract infection. And no matter how gentle you are with your girlfriend, the rectum lining is nowhere near as robust as the vagina, and there will almost certainly be tears and damage to the rectal wall - these are not always a problem, but could cause infection. Also, Human Papilloma Virus can be introduced, the risks of which are still uncertain, but seem to increase the likelyhood of anal cancer in future. From Wikipedia, which does provide cites:
Also, the HPV/anal cancer link is mentioned in the wiki article.
In other words, anal sex is a high risk practice for both partners, unprotected anal sex is extremely high risk, even without the risk of STDs.
while it is true that you could get a urinary tract infection from her fecal bacteria.
while it is true that she might get micro tears if she hasn’t learned how to relax enough and if she isn’t lubricated enough. these micro tears do heal readily because if a person is prone to them they can occur from a vigorous bowel movement.
if HPV is a worry (estimated that up to 90% of people have some form) then unprotected oral sex should not be practiced.
it is true that people have been having unprotected anal sex since some caveman got kinky. people do it and to the best of my knowing without problems (providing both people are up for it, the receiver is in good butt health, the receiver has learned to relax, the giver isn’t bigger than the receiver can handle, the giver is gentle, they use lube if needed and go as slow as needed).
I have seen words to this effect many times yet no one has ever framed them with some statistics. Driving a car can be dangerous and you could easily end up in an accident. Yet that doesn’t stop me from driving a car. “You could easily” is a very vague and subjective statement. Does “easily” in this case mean 1 out of 2, 1 out of 10, 1 out of 1000 times or more? Anal sex without a condom and ass to mouth is so prevalent in today’s porn it is hard to believe that all of these people are “easily” getting infections. Also, how would a urinary tract infection be cured? What non-STD infection can a woman get from ass-to-mouth? And how hard is it to cure?
Sometimes, UTIs will clear up by themselves given a little time; cranberry juice – taken by mouth, not squirted into the urethra!! – is often recommended as a home remedy to help combat the infection. (It’s disputed whether cranberry juice has anything more than a placebo effect, however. Then again, like chicken noodle soup for colds, it probably “can’t hoit.”)
When a UTI doesn’t go away by itself, in most cases a few days of prescription antibiotics (taken orally) will clear it up. In relatively rare and aggressive cases, treatment may require a hospital stay and a week or more of intravenous antibiotics.
There is some evidence that “rimming” (i.e., butthole-licking) may play a significant role in transmitting HHV-8 (human herpes virus 8) – the virus that is now known to be the cause of Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) in people with an out-of-control HIV infection (i.e., AIDS). This ass-to-mouth transmission of HHV-8 could explain why KS, in the early years of AIDS, was more seen among gay men than in patients from other risk groups. Presumably, heterosexual “ass-to-mouth” would present roughly the same HHV-8 risks as direct tongue-to-anus contact.
On the other hand, a healthy immune system is very effective at keeping HHV-8 in check indefinitely, so the majority of people who have this form of herpes will never show any symptoms. Thus, unless you’ve got out-of-control HIV and/or are taking immunosuppressant drugs after transplant surgery, an HHV-8 infection probably isn’t something to panic about.