Study: Oral sex might cause cancer
By Jessica GentileJanuary 31st, 2011, 1:46 pmComments (18)
I hate to be a buzzkill, but all that amazing oral sex you're having might just lead to cancer. There's apparently been a great rise in the number of cases of head and neck cancers, the kind caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) which is spread through everyone's favorite word of Latin origin, cunnilingus.
According to Dr. Greg Hartig, professor of otolaryngology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, "It seems like a pretty good link that more sexual activity, particularly oral sex, is associated with increased HPV infection." And according to a study done way back in 2007, having six or more oral sex partners over a lifetime is associated with a 3.4 times higher risk for cancers of the base of the tongue, back of the throat or tonsils. Having twenty-six or more vaginal-sex partners tripled the risk.
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Commentarium (18 Comments)
what doesnt give you cancer these days?!
In that case, I'll have what she's having.
Even with triple the risk, it's still an extremely low risk. It's more academically interesting than a practical concern (other than it's a good argument for having boys/men get the HPV vaccine). Carry on. And stop smoking...that really does give you cancer.
so, get the vaccine: https://www.cdc.gov/HPV/vaccine.html
Well that blows...
Oh-oh...not happy. Maybe the biblical predictions are right?
and that is why dental dams will save the world.
Lalalala - I don't want to know this!
well this is the kind of cancer I think I'm gonna get.
btw I need a like button here.
And THC protects against several kinds of cancer, so... high five! High five, right? C'mon.
Uhh, what about that other latin word, fellatio? Men can't carry and infect others with HPV?
Fellatio is Italian. The Latin is fellatus. Most sexually active people are asymptomatically infected with one of the 40-odd strains of genital HPV. A much smaller percentage will develop an HPV infection with a significant risk of cancer. Interestingly, the strains that cause potentially lethal cervical cancer are the ones that don't cause warts.
You can only get that vaccine until you're 25, right? None of the oral sex I had before 25 was worth cancer, so yeah, get that vaccine if you're the right age.
"What happened to Joe?" "He died." "What of?" "Cancer." "Really, what kind?" "The kind you get from going down on too many chicks." "Wow.... Joe was awesome."
LMFAO!!!
Definitely a risk I would take.....
Thanks @ --- I try :)
every thing these days give you cancer, i can remeber the days when we had no worries all central london escorts used to smoke, every one did
Now you say something