As a partial follow-up to yesterday’s post, here is some information on STD transmission during oral sex. First, it is very rare that HIV is transmitted through oral sex – there have been no studies on whether the risk is increased when ejaculate is swallowed. Next, here are the risks associated with giving and recieving oral sex for both men and women:
- Performing oral sex on a man
- Known risks
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
- Hepatitis A (rare)
- Herpes (rare)
- HPV (genital warts)
- Shigella (rare)
- Syphillis
- Possible/unknown risks
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- HIV
- Performing oral sex on a woman
- Known risks
- Herpes (rare)
- Possible/unknown risks
- HPV (genital warts)
- Receiving oral sex – man
- Known risks
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
- NGU
- Herpes
- Syphillis
- Possible/unknown risks
- HPV (genital warts)
- Receiving oral sex – woman
- Known risks
- Herpes
- Possible/Unknown Risks
- HPV (genital warts)
The take-away message for me, ladies and gentlemen, is that oral sex is safer among women. All of this information comes from the City of San Fransisco Department of Public Health Free Clinic website. It’s a great resource.
(Thanks for the question, Ruth!)
So the girls should stop giving oral sex to the boys, and start giving oral sex to each other instead. That would stop the panic in its tracks.
April 1, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
The risk of a list like this is that it can over stress STDs, you want to give good information, but you don’t want to come off like a sexual version of Reefer Madness. Most the STD’s listed are relatively difficult to contract. Many are very easily curable. You don’t want to understate the risks, especially of things like HIV, but if you overstress it, I have a feeling that teenagers’ BS meter will start ticking.
April 3, 2007 @ 1:09 am