Tops At Risk...

HIV can also enter your bloodstream through areas on the end of your penis (you know - where your pee comes out of!) and through the inside of your foreskin. But how does HIV get from inside a butt to your penis?

There are 2 bodily fluids inside your butt that could have HIV. The first one is blood. This could be inside the butt area if there is any damage. The second is anal mucus, the stuff that coats the inside of the anal area so it doesn't dry out. This could contain HIV, even more than blood of cum.

The IN's and OUT's of the MM....

The inside of your butt can be a very fragile place! Inside is a membrane called a "mucous membrane"( what I call the MM!). Can you say that 50 times fast! MM could be prone to a alot of sexual infections.

The MM is so fragile that anything going IN or OUT can cause some damage, this damage can even be microscopic. This makes it easier for infections like HIV to get into your bloodstream. The lining can also absorb cum and precum into your body like a sponge.

How can you protect the MM? Get your partner to use lots of lube and a condom when you explore the IN's and OUT's of anal pleasure.

Bare Facts...

You may think you know about your butt - but there is a whole lot more to it than meets the eye! Stay tuned for some info on anal health, HIV, and anal pleasure during the next few entries.

New HIV Rate

I always wondered how accurate the United States method of getting an acurate count of HIV cases was. Seems as though we have been a bit off. I found this article today which talks about how the CDC has developed new counting methods that show us that our HIV rates are up by 25% than what was thought.

"They were counting the numbers in a way that was leaving out certain segments of the society. So that 40,000 was probably an undercounted number," he said.

Instead of using an extrapolated mathematical model to come up with the rate of new infections, he said, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was now relying on better counting of more groups, households and regions.

"The number went up to about 50,000. That doesn't mean that the actual rate of new infections increased. It means that we are now no longer missing counting the ones that we missed early," Fauci said. "It was always 50,000 a year."

If you have a moment, read it!

Phone Sex...

One of the things I do here at CAMP is answer questions over the phone about HIV, STDs and other sexual health questions. The nature of what I talk about allows for some crank callers and guys getting off asking me questions about sex. Tonight was no exception!

The guy on the phone was obviously wanking while he was asking me some questions. Towards the middle of the conversation I could tell that his breathing was getting heavy! I couldn't believe that I fell for this again! When he started asking me if he could come to my office for a demonstration, I had to put an end to my role in his exercise of choking the chicken. Even after I asked him if he had any other questions, he proceeded to ask me where to find a threesome in Rehoboth.

Despite knowing the guy was having a good time talking about sex - it shows how isolated and alone guys in this area can be. Better to wank off while talking to me rather than doing something he might regret later.

Later...

Who Still Dies of AIDS, and Why?

Here is an article that I read the other day. It is pretty interesting as we look at men and women who have been taking meds since HIV was first discovered. Here is an excerpt from "New York" magazine.


"One of the ironies of the success of HAART is that it has fostered the myth that the AIDS epidemic has come to an end, and that living with HIV is only marginally more problematic than living with herpes or genital warts. This is one obvious explanation for why HIV infection is once again on the rise among young men—specifically, MSMs, as they’re now known in the public-health jargon, for men who have sex with men—increasing by a third between 2001 and 2006. Among those 30 and over, the infection rate is still decreasing, notes Thomas Frieden, commissioner of the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, suggesting that the increased rate of infection among men under 30 is due in part to decreased awareness of the disease or the toll it can take."

Counterfeit Condoms

Hmmm...counterfeit trojan condoms. I have heard of counterfeit sunglasses, purses, shoes...but condoms!! WOW. Here is the link.


Here is a bit from the story...

"The counterfeits, which included millions of the phony Trojans, were sold for the past three years mainly in small discount stores in the area, as well as elsewhere in the country, including Texas and Virginia, according to court documents."