Valentine’s Day is traditionally the date for romance, flirtation, expressions of love and of sexual desire; the date on which red is crowned queen of colours, the warmest and most sensual of them all, the colour of blood and rubies, and the prime choice for extroverts.
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As the world, celebrated Valentine’s Day on 14 February 2021, The Bridge Magazine welcomed a guest willing to share her experience off record to raise awareness among couples who practice regular anal sex.

A few months ago, a young lady whom we will call SHE walked nervously into a private clinic for an anal cancer screening test after being diagnosed with an anal fistula: a month later she walked out from the clinic dumbstruck, clutching a positive result for the test and wondering how she was going to break the devastating news to her husband and family.

It is believed that we can now prevent and overcome anal cancer, and anal fistula.

SHE, aged 23 and mother of one, will have to get used to this tragic reality, hoping it can be treated.

Understandably anxious, depressed, traumatised and concerned, SHE told The Bridge Magazine: “My life is falling apart: there is no cancer history in my family, also I am still in shock because I was told chances are that having regular anal sex with my husband may have caused and worsened my condition. The truth is that I was genuinely not interested in anal sex in the first place, but then thought I could give it a try since we were a married couple and my husband’s demands had increased and became obsessively frequent. The worst news is that he has been sleeping on the sofa in the lounge since the puss and heavy discharge from my anal area was smelling despite me wearing incontinence pads.”

She burst into tears and added.

“I just wanted to spice up our love life and save our marriage when I sympathized with his sexual deviation. Now that he is distant and acting different I feel like he is going to abandon me.”

The anal canal is a short tube surrounded by muscle at the end of your rectum
It is believed that we can now prevent and overcome anal cancer, and anal fistula.
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It is believed that the number of anal cancer cases has been steadily growing for years.

Recent statistics and facts relating to anal cancer raise eyebrows:

According to the American Cancer Society,

“Receptive anal sex also increases the risk of anal cancer in both men and women. Because of this, men who have sex with men have a high risk of this cancer… estimates for anal cancer in the United States for 2021 are: about 9,090 new cases (6,070 in women and 3,020 in men) about 1,430 deaths (870 in women and 560 in men)”.

In reporting an increase in rectal cancer incidence among young (aged below 40 years) Americans during the last quarter century, STD / HIV epidemiology and Control Independent Researcher John J Potterat and colleagues published in their article entitled

‘Receptive Anal Intercourse as a Potential Risk Factor for Rectal Cancer’

However, the question that burns on the lips is, Where to draw the line? How far is too far? How much is too much? What should a couple’s threshold be while exploring new horizons of their sexuality? 

However, the question that burns on the lips is, where to draw the line? How far is too far? How much is too much? What should a couple’s threshold be while exploring new horizons of their sexuality? 
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Love and violence are contradictory bedfellows, especially since love means respect and care for one’s partner or soul mate.

But can the ubiquity of porn have any positive effect on our lives, loves or relationships? Is it in the main a harmless pastime, or is it almost always an insidious addiction? …

The Oxford Academic International Journal of Epidemiology defines anal cancer as malignant neoplasm of the anus and anal canal. 

The anal canal…

Find below the seven useful pieces of advice on how to prevent anal cancer and anal fistula or overcome both if you have already been diagnosed:…

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