Oral sex safety: What are your thoughts?

I suppose one might wonder if it’s possible to contract an infection through oral contact on either side, and I guess you'd also want to know which specific illnesses could potentially be transmitted that way.

Look, just read this. Not much else I can say.

Google is your best friend here.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/?section...show=1&id=2047

And yeah, this belongs in the Health section.☕

Sure thing.
We’re talking herpes and HPV, just to be safe.

I mean, as far as I know, it’s basically just toothpaste, though I suppose most people would probably figure that out anyway... but honestly, I’m really wondering what kind of illnesses you can actually catch from performing oral sex? Like, what are the actual risks and consequences, and can you even cure them? To be totally blunt, health concerns are the only reason I wouldn't want to go down that road with a partner too early in a relationship...

Do a little digging and hit up Google once in a while if you actually want to stay informed

http://nytimes.com/showbiz/erotica/i...quality-of-life.html

Henry Taylor7 said:can you catch stuff through oral sex (both ways) and what kind of diseases?

look lady, nothing in life is a hundred percent certain. if you're really overthinking it that much, maybe just don't even leave your house, let alone get in a car, because anything could happen to you at any time...

obviously you can catch something, so you gotta weigh the risks, I guess..

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Laura Jackson56 said:Yeah, sure.
I mean, you could definitely be looking at things like herpes or HPV, just to be safe.

Honestly, I feel like half the people you run into these days probably have herpes or HPV anyway, so maybe it isn't even worth stressing over too much... plus, if I recall correctly, both of those are pretty much incurable, right?

Oral sex can actually lead to pregnancy!

Jeremy Phillips94 said:Honestly, I feel like every other person you run into has herpes or HPV these days, so don't sweat it too much... pretty sure neither one actually has a cure either...

Every other person. Yeah, right. Sure did.

Wait, wasn't it mentioned back in that HPV thread that about 70% of sexually active people end up catching it? And I think herpes is probably hovering around that same ballpark too... if I’m remembering correctly, one version of herpes shows up as those little sores around the mouth, what most people just call cold sores.

Jeremy Phillips94 said:Didn't someone mention in the HPV thread that about 70% of sexually active people have it? And I think herpes is somewhere around that same ballpark... if I recall correctly, one type of herpes is just those little mouth sores people call cold sores.

So, we're talking about two different things here—oral herpes vs. genital herpes.☕

Jeremy Phillips94 said:Didn't someone mention in that HPV thread that about 70% of sexually active people get it? And I think herpes is pretty much in the same ballpark... if I remember right, those little cold sores around your mouth count as a type too.

I was talking about HPV. It feels like every other person... sorry, but that’s just insane. Either the stats are wrong or something else is up.

Laura Jackson56 said:I was actually talking about HPV. It feels like every other person has it... sorry, but that seems way too high. The stats have to be off.

Yeah, the statistics are definitely skewed. The more accurate figure is that 80-100% of people deal with HPV at some point. If you aren't informed, you tend to think it’s just this rare thing happening to "other people." In reality, most of us have likely crossed paths with both herpes and HPV in our lives. Only about 20-30% of cases actually leave a physical mark, like warts or cysts. It all comes down to your immune system. Besides, how are you even supposed to protect yourself from something that pervasive? 🙄

Most people don't even realize they're carrying it because, if they're staying on top of their annual checkups, there are zero symptoms—which basically means their body successfully fought it off. As for everyone else, if they aren't getting screened regularly, how would they even know? Even the standard tests aren't foolproof; they're hit-or-miss at best. At the end of the day, people will just protect themselves however they see fit.😍

[xtrem3] says:
Oral sex leads to pregnancy!

Please tell me you're joking.

😂😂😂

Honestly, you find all sorts of nonsense on this forum... sometimes I really have to wonder what kind of people crawl out from under whatever rock they’ve been hiding under just to post such absolute stupidity.