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From: act@pur-phy.UUCP (Alex C. Tselis)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: A Lay question about AIDS?
Message-ID: <1596@pur-phy.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 02:21:47 EST
Article-I.D.: pur-phy.1596
Posted: Fri Jan 18 02:21:47 1985
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References: <182@ttidcc.UUCP>
Reply-To: act@pur-phy.UUCP (Alex C. Tselis)
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., IN
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In article <182@ttidcc.UUCP> hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) writes:
>>From: molefeuvre@watarts.UUCP (Michael O LeFeuvre)
>>Subject: A Lay question about AIDS?
>>Message-ID: <8211@watarts.UUCP>
>>
>>        1.  Why is it so specific to male homosexuals?  I realize other
>>            people do get it, but the dominant group is gays, a very
>>            minority goup of the population.
>
>I know of two theories on this  point.  One  seems  reasonable,  the  other
>frighteningly paranoid.
>
>Reasonable:
>
>One of the primary vectors of AIDS is anal  intercourse.  This  is  because
>the  lining  of  the  rectum isn't built for such treatment and can develop
>tears which provide a  direct  path  to  the  bloodstream.  The  virus  (or
>whatever) is carried and passed on in semen.
>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there such a thing as "gay bowel syndrome"?