Rimming

Rimming is licking someone's anus. There is no data to suggest that anyone has caught HIV from rimming, although there are other risks in rimming someone who is less than clean. Hepatitis A and B can be contracted from rimming and gonorrhoea can also be passed on this way. There are also a number of gut infections you can get from rimming. Even a recently washed anus may carry some extremely infectious, microscopic organisms, but there is an even greater risk if you rim someone who hasn't washed since last visiting the toilet, or who is suffering from diarrhoea. You can get a vaccination against Hepatitis B from your GUM clinic.