I recall this question coming up on Reddit with some regularity (no pun intended). The typical answer I saw was something like "your rectum has a really strong immune system"
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Rectum? Damn near killed um
They hate us cuz they anus.
Butt, butt what?
We donβt love them holes
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That's what I remember reading, too. I think that particular area gets its own lymph node system or something like that. Similar to how our head and neck have their own dedicated system.
Those areas are prone to bacteria, so they get beefed up protections.
Something kinda like that. They're called Peyer's Patches, and they're like a base of operations for immune cells. They not only gather there, but they also scout out the bacteria present by reaching through the intestinal lining and pulling some of the stuff through.
Also, a lot of bacteria in our guts aren't really trying to get into our system. The intestinal epithelium produces mucus to prevent bacteria from getting close to the intestinal lining, and most bacteria are pretty chill with that
Damn, it's gotta suck to be born an immune cell and get assigned to work out of the butthole for your short life.
It suck to be an immune cell in general. Many disease-causing bacteria have evolved ways to subvert and kill immune cells in spectacular ways. And immune cells generally just have pretty short lifespans to begin with
Yep. I recall the same thing. More immune system stuff hangs out around your butthole all ready to woop some ass.
wtf is that
βRub onto hands until dryβ
Papercut detector
Hot sauce dispenser.
Hand sanitizer
Spicy bidet.
That part of the body, like your mouth, has features that greatly reduce the chance of infection because they are the entry and exit points for foreign objects or waste. It is complicated how it all works, but in short your body really needs those parts to bot get infected, so it adapted ways to keep that from happening.
That was the explanation I got from the doc when mine first showed up.
Edit: All hail the rise of the butt bots!
Noo my rectum has become part of the botnet for the Chinese Communist Party π© why does this keep happening
I am not qualified to answer this, but I did once see a similar question asked on Reddit. The best response I saw was from a commenter whose name I can't remember, else I would credit them.
That commenter said that his infant daughter had required an operation on her rectum. The commenter asked the surgeon how the surgery site could possibly not become infected and was told "the asshole knows how to handle shit."
That answer seemed reasonable to me and I probably will never forget it.
Probably a lot of us do have infected buttholes, but just don't realize it. It's a silent but deadly epidemic.
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A bidet helps. Gentle splash of water vs scratchy paper.
You might want to treat yourself to some better quality paper.
Wiping your ass with silk is still significantly more friction than water
Idk, water split the grand canyon, water sounds dangerous. /s
Big, if true
I do both, using a bidet just makes sense.
Do you use the shower or do you clean your entire body with paper towels?
Meh, bidets are a lie too. Give yourself an enema, make sure you're clean inside and out!
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Username checks out, it was the first word out of my mouth when I read this question.
Good question though, looking forward to (hopefully) informed answers.
Fairly sure it's because of the difference in environment. Gut bacteria tend to be anaerobic fermenting species, whereas the external part and blood are more aerobic. It's been a while since i did physiology and microbio tho, someone correct me if I'm wrong.
This is a genuine question I've wondered about a lot. Kudos for oddly realistic originality.
Basically blood pressure keeps most things out, and you probably wouldn't purposely rub a meaty turd in an open wound regardless. I hope.
What about a vegan turd? Heard everything vegan is healthier.
Yup. Oreos are vegan so it's totally fine to eat an entire package for dinner! (I had a vegan friend who did this one time, and we were all joking about it being healthy because it's vegan.)
Vegens don't shit, they absorb 100% of the nutrients and produce zero waste products. They're basically plant people.
Got it. Hypertension is good if you have hemorrhoids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscess
maybe less common due to adaptive immunity to familiar bacteria
could still happen. and stds are an obvious example.
I'm in my 40s and never had hemeroids. Are they really that common? Or maybe I have and I didn't know (but surely I would, right??)?
They can be pretty common for certain people. I've dealt with hemorrhoids since I was 20, my dad also started getting them pretty young too. They tend to "flare up" if you eat food that irritates them. For me it's something that I deal with every few months or so. When I get them, I gotta squirt a tube of ointment up my ass and they're usually gone the next day. It's a very humbling experience. I came as a poor migrant, no college education and through will and determination I became a self taught engineer about to turn 30 who makes six figures, and I occasionally have to squirt a tube of preparation H ointment up my ass.
Ah yes, the American dream.
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kind of unrelated, but hemorrhoids are only common because something like 95% of people don't eat the (already low) recommended amount of fiber. eat lots of fiber, people.
Hmm I thought sitting in my ass all day long had more to do with it
no, it's mainly from people not eating enough fiber which causes them to be constipated and have to push too hard for too long on the toilet.
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I am vegan with no shortage of fiber and get hemorrhoids regularly. IMO the diet argument is a lie. The true issue is the stress brought upon the working class through capitalism.
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