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Hello docs! can you tell me what counts as "sexually active"?

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Dr. Dustin Colegrove answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Anything to do: with sexual encounters with other people--can include oral, anal, or vaginal sex.

Answered 11/20/2014

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