ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2024
Pleasurable and problematic receptive anal intercourse and diseases of the colon, rectum and anus.
Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Treatment choice and sexual health outcomes in gay and bisexual men with prostate cancer.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2026Article
- Evaluating PEACHES: Pleasure-Inclusive Implementation Strategies to Enable Healthcare Workers to Address Anal Sex Stigma During HIV Service Encounters.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Dosimetric Predictors of Problematic Receptive Anal Intercourse After Prostate Radiation Therapy.Advances in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Sexual Health and STI Counseling Is Critical but Often Overlooked in IBD.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Article
- Neuroaffective Processing of Sexually Relevant Images in Hetero- and Homosexual Women and Men: Subjective, Pupillometric, and Magnetoencephalographic Correlates.Psychophysiology · 2025Article
- Experiences of anorectal surgery among gay and bisexual men: a mixed methods study.ANZ journal of surgery · 2025Article
- Justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in gastroenterology and hepatology.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024Article
- Breaking the silence: normalizing receptive anal intercourse for patients, for people and for myself.Nature reviews. Urology · 2024Article
- Promoting the health of men of all backgrounds: educating ourselves to build trust and improve care.Nature reviews. Urology · 2024Article
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Abstract
The ability to experience pleasurable sexual activity is important for human health. Receptive anal intercourse (RAI) is a common, though frequently stigmatized, pleasurable sexual activity. Little is known about how diseases of the colon, rectum, and anus and their treatments affect RAI. Engaging in RAI with gastrointestinal disease can be difficult due to the unpredictability of symptoms and treatment-related toxic effects. Patients might experience sphincter hypertonicity, gastrointestinal symptom-specific anxiety, altered pelvic blood flow from structural disorders, decreased sensation from cancer-directed therapies or body image issues from stoma creation. These can result in problematic RAI - encompassing anodyspareunia (painful RAI), arousal dysfunction, orgasm dysfunction and decreased sexual desire. Therapeutic strategies for problematic RAI in patients living with gastrointestinal diseases and/or treatment-related dysfunction include pelvic floor muscle strengthening and stretching, psychological interventions, and restorative devices. Providing health-care professionals with a framework to discuss pleasurable RAI and diagnose problematic RAI can help improve patient outcomes. Normalizing RAI, affirming pleasure from RAI and acknowledging that the gastrointestinal system is involved in sexual pleasure, sexual function and sexual health will help transform the scientific paradigm of sexual health to one that is more just and equitable.
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