Unrstand health ncerns for gay men and other men who have sex wh men, and learn how to promote good health.
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GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH
CDC remends a variety of laboratory ttg and STD screengs to ensure the health of gay and bisexual men. * gay men's health care *
Jt like all other men, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men need to know how to protect their health throughout their life. However, pared to other men, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex wh men are addnally affected by:.
There are many reasons why gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men may have higher rat of HIV and STDs.
Prevalence of HIV among sexual partners of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men is 40 tim that of sexual partners of heterosexual men;. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men on average have a greater number of lifetime sexual partners.
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN'S HEALTH ISSU
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Homophobia;. In fact, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men make up more than half of the people livg wh HIV the Uned Stat and experience two thirds of all new HIV fectns each year. Further, young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men 13-24 had over 72% of the timated new HIV fectns 2010.
In 2012, 75% of reported syphilis s were among gay and bisexual men. The large percentage of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men who have HIV and STDs means that, as a group, they have a higher chance of beg exposed to the diseas. Most gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men get HIV by havg anal sex, which is the riskit type of sex for gettg or spreadg HIV.
GAY MEN'S HEALTH
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Which tts are remend to help ensure the sexual health of gay and bisexual men? All sexually active gay and bisexual men should be tted regularly for STDs. CDC remends sexually active gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men tt for:.
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Rearch has shown that the followg are some of the most mon health ncerns faced by gay and bisexual men. * gay men's health care *
Which vaccatns do CDC remend for gay and bisexual men? The human papillomavis (HPV) vacce is also available for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex wh men up to 26 years of age to prevent genal warts and other HPV-associated diseas and ndns such as oropharyngeal or anal ncer.