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Is oral sex a safe alternative?

April 26, 2017alternative oral safe

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Is oral sex a safe alternative?

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Oral sex, like other methods of sex, carries with it the risk of serious, untreatable and even life-threatening diseases in both men and women. Oral sex has been found to spread syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV (HIV causes AIDS), HPV genital herpes, chlamydia and possibly hepatitis C. Source: S Edwards and C Carne Oral sex and the transmission of viral STIs, Sexually Transmitted Infections, 1998, 74 (1) 6-10, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.