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[[Image:Biol 01 img0018.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]] attacking T4 [[lymphocyte]]s]]
[[Image:Biol 01 img0018.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Human Immunodeficiency Virus]] attacking T4 [[lymphocyte]]s]]
'''Gay bowel syndrome''', which has also been described as [[Homosexuality|gay]] [[intestine|bowel]] [[disease]], was named as an illness in 1976 in the medical literature via the [[journal]] ''Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science'' and in 2004 [[Medscape]] published an article by the noted HIV/AIDS specialist [[John G. Bartlett]] which stated that gay bowel syndrome is a significant issue in regards [[HIV]] infection (In 2004, the [[Johns Hopkins Hospital|Johns Hopkins]] HIV Guide website also featured a literature review article about gay bowel syndrome by the John G. Bartlett, M.D. which is essentially a duplicate of the aforementioned article at Medscape).<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.], Kazal HL, Sohn N, Carrasco JI, Robilotti JG, Delaney WE., ''Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science'', Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1976 Mar-Apr;6(2):184-92.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120130223/http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/literature_review/02-2004/new_look_at_gay_bowel_syndrome.html Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, review of the literature - essentially duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome], 2004, Wayback machine</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n3_v47/ai_13502158/pg_1 Clinical features and diagnosis - Inflammatory Bowel Disease, part 1] - American Family Physician, Feb 15, 1993 by Glen E. Hastings, Richard J. Weber</ref><ref>[http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4 Medscape - New Look at "Gay Bowel Syndrome"]</ref>
'''Gay bowel syndrome''', which has also been described as [[Homosexuality|gay]] [[intestine|bowel]] [[disease]], was named as an illness in 1976 in the medical literature via the [[journal]] ''Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science''.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.], Kazal HL, Sohn N, Carrasco JI, Robilotti JG, Delaney WE., ''Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science'', Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1976 Mar-Apr;6(2):184-92.</ref>
In 2014, the medical journal ''Current Opinion in Infectious Disease'' published a journal article entitled '''Gay bowel syndrome': relic or real (and returning) phenomenon?'' whose abstract indicated:
{{Cquote|Purpose of Review: This article aims to review the term 'gay bowel syndrome', including the recent research looking at increased rates of bowel infections in men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly in light of the recent Shigella outbreaks in MSM in London and New York, and considers whether 'gay bowel syndrome' is a syndrome that really exists and is worthy of further research and specific treatment, or whether the term continues to be obsolete and not useful.
Recent findings: ...there seems to be a clustering of diseases in certain high-risk groups, especially those in urban areas with multiple sexual partners, recreational drug use, and possible concomitant HIV infection.
Summary: All healthcare practitioners (including non-sexual health/HIV specialists) need to consider careful and thorough history taking (including sexual history) to identify those at risk.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24335755 'Gay bowel syndrome': relic or real (and returning) phenomenon?] by Cooper F1, Barber T., ''Current Opinion in Infectious Disease'', 2014 Feb;27(1):84-9. doi: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000032.</ref>}}
In 2004, [[Medscape]] published an article by the noted HIV/AIDS specialist [[John G. Bartlett]] which stated that gay bowel syndrome is a significant issue in regards [[HIV]] infection (In 2004, the [[Johns Hopkins Hospital|Johns Hopkins]] HIV Guide website also featured a literature review article about gay bowel syndrome by the John G. Bartlett, M.D. which is essentially a duplicate of the aforementioned article at Medscape).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120130223/http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/literature_review/02-2004/new_look_at_gay_bowel_syndrome.html Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, review of the literature - essentially duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome], 2004, Wayback machine</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n3_v47/ai_13502158/pg_1 Clinical features and diagnosis - Inflammatory Bowel Disease, part 1] - American Family Physician, Feb 15, 1993 by Glen E. Hastings, Richard J. Weber</ref><ref>[http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4 Medscape - New Look at "Gay Bowel Syndrome"]</ref>
Gay bowel syndrome is a clinical pattern of anorectal and colon diseases which occur with unusual frequency in [[homosexuality|homosexual]] patients (the diseases are not exclusive to male homosexuals).<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=578386&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus N. Sohn, JG Robilotti Jr. ''The gay bowel syndrome. A review of colonic and rectal conditions in 200 male homosexuals''. AM J Gastroenterol 1977 May;67(5):478-84]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n3_v47/ai_13502158/pg_1 Clinical features and diagnosis - Inflammatory Bowel Disease, part 1] - American Family Physician, Feb 15, 1993 by Glen E. Hastings, Richard J. Weber</ref>
Gay bowel syndrome is a clinical pattern of anorectal and colon diseases which occur with unusual frequency in [[homosexuality|homosexual]] patients (the diseases are not exclusive to male homosexuals).<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.]</ref><ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=578386&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus N. Sohn, JG Robilotti Jr. ''The gay bowel syndrome. A review of colonic and rectal conditions in 200 male homosexuals''. AM J Gastroenterol 1977 May;67(5):478-84]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3225/is_n3_v47/ai_13502158/pg_1 Clinical features and diagnosis - Inflammatory Bowel Disease, part 1] - American Family Physician, Feb 15, 1993 by Glen E. Hastings, Richard J. Weber</ref>