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Oral sex is now widely practised in both heterosexual (straight) and homosexual (gay and lesbian) relationships.
For many years, it was regarded as an utmost ‘unmentionable’ activity. But these days, research suggests that most sexually active people go for it sometimes.
Oral sex involves using the mouth, lips and/or tongue to stimulate the penis (fellatio), vagina (cunnilingus) or anus (anilingus) of a sex partner.
It can be extremely helpful to men who have difficulty in getting an erection. It helps women reach a climax and it cannot get you pregnant. However, a lot of people do get concerned about whether oral love play could give them an infection. It is possible to acquire several forms of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) through oral sex if the other person is infected.
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea can be transmitted to the throat during oral sex, especially fellatio. In the throat, the germ can cause inflammation, a formation of pus and sometimes soreness. Most often it causes no symptoms and the person just move around carrying it.
Syphilis
Syphilis is an infection that usually appears on the genitals or the arms but they do sometimes appear on the lips or tongue as a result of oral sex. It can also be caught from an infected person’s mouth. A vast majority of infected persons are males.
Chlamydia
Chlamydia trachomatis is a little genital big found in sexually active young people. It is found in swabs from the throat and it is thought that it can be transmitted by oral sex especially fellatio.
Cancer
It has become increasingly clear that today’s high rates of oral sex are linked to the rising incidents of throat and mouth cancer.
HIV
Oral sex carries a lower risk for spreading HIV. The other forms of sex, however, repeated unprotected exposure may increase the risk of transmission.
In General
It’s possible to get some STDs in the mouth or throat from giving oral sex to a person who has a genital/anal infection.
It is also possible to get some STDs on the penis from getting oral sex from a person with a mouth or throat infection.
It is possible to get STD in more than one area at the same time. For example in the throat and genitals.
STDs can be spread to a sex partner even when the infected partner has no signs or symptoms. If you are infected with an STD, you might not know it because many STDs may have no symptoms.
