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If hemroids are common and can openly bleed, and people poop with hemroids, how do people not get infected buttholes all the time? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by simplejack@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 8 months ago

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.