Let's not be coy here: Everyone has a butthole—and sometimes, buttholes get itchy. But before digging into why your butthole gets itchy, let's clarify one thing: I'm talking about your itchy anus in particular—not your entire butt. The irritation—technically known as pruritus ani, per the U. National Library of Medicine NLM —can occur inside the anus or the perianal area, which is essentially the skin surrounding the anal opening.
14 Reasons Your Butthole Is Suddenly Super Itchy, According To Doctors
A Pain In The Butt: 6 Possible Causes For Hemorrhoids
How many answers do you know? And, the answers to the quiz will be at the end. Being informed about your anatomy—knowing where things are located in your body—is an important first step for anyone having anal sex. During anal sex, the penis or dildo, or whatever is inserted into the anus, past the external and internal sphincter muscles, and into the rectum. The rectum is connected to the sigmoid colon, which is where poop is collected and stored by your body before you are ready to take a poop. It can take hours until it fills up and you have to defecate. When we talk about stretching the muscles for anal sex… what muscles are we talking about?
Everybody likes to play dirty, but we're not talking bluffing with fake words or closing up the board—we're talking actual "dirty" and offensive words. Despite the exclusion of offensive words in the bowdlerized Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary OSPD , there are still words you may play in a normal game that sound dirty and provocative, but by definition aren't, thanks to both anatomical terms and alternate definitions. I will be updating them as I find more. Let me know if I missed any, and I will add them. Words in parenthesis are the lewd and obscene versions, if available.
There are few things more annoying than an itch you can't quite scratch—especially when it affects your butt hole. That's because the area has a high concentration of nerve endings, meaning anal irritation may feel much more intense than, say, a bug bite on your arm. Luckily, it's easy to get relief from the issue formally known as " pruritis ani ," the fancy, Latin phrase for "itchy anus.