TRIBUNJOGJA.COM – Some people have oral sex before or as a substitute sex. Reporting from the NHS, oral sex is the stimulation of a partner’s genitals with the mouth, lips or tongue.
Oral sex in women with vaginal, vulva, and clitoral stimulation points in the world of health is called cunnilingus. Meanwhile, oral sex in men with a penis stimulation point in the medical world is known as fellatio, and anus stimulation point is called anilingus.
Many health experts say, oral sex is not a safe type of sex when compared to genital penetration sex. People who have oral sex are at risk of contracting or transmitting a sexually transmitted disease (STD).
The reason is, oral sex tends to make a person come into direct contact with fluids and dirt from the genitals.
Apart from physical health risks, oral sex can also have an impact on mental health, especially for couples who do it coercion or without consent. For this reason, oral sex and other sexual activities need to be done with the consent of the partner and should be done safely.
Launching Better Health, here are a series of sexually transmitted diseases related to dangers oral seks to watch out for:
1. HPV infection
The human papilloma virus (HPV) is a virus that causes cervical, throat, mouth, and genital cancer.
HPV is a virus that can affect both men and women. This virus can be transmitted through the genitals or oral sex. Some types of HPV can also cause genital warts.
Genital warts cannot be cured, and can only be controlled with drugs or surgery. Things to watch out for, HPV infection often shows no signs or symptoms at all. The risk of HPV is higher if a person often has sex with multiple partners.
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