Yogi - As enjoyable as it may be it is best that a person stays with one main person to have oral sex with. Jumping from one to another can be dangerous not only for the female but the male as well. Many teens feel as if there is no risk of catching anything, yet it is just as bad if not worse, minus the fact of becoming pregnant.
Denisedds - It doesn’t cause cancer. Cancer is not contagious. HPV is a RISK FACTOR for several cancers including those of the head and neck and we have known this for many years now, it is nothing new. And yes most of us do have HPV.
We do see more of the HPV realted cancers of the head and neck in younger people. It is beleived to be due to their attitude toward oral sex - apprently it is not much more than kissing to many.
Memere RN/BA - Gee..no, I'm not aware. ARE YOU SERIOUS??? Who told you this line of crap? Oral sex cannot cause any cancer because cancer is not contagious and cannot be passed from one person through another. Sorry, I hate when people give someone else false information. I don't know how old you are, but enjoy life and all it's benefits because life is really toooo short.
tarnishedsilverheart - It is important to understand more about oral cancer and the link to oncogenic HPV types. Oncogenic HPV types are most commonly transmitted through sex. It can be vaginal, anal or oral sex.
Yes, every one that has had a wart of the hands, feet, elbow areas that are non genital has an HPV types. They are at least 130 HPV types. 40 HPV types affect the genital area. 15 genital HPV types are oncogenic.
Many men and women are exposed to an oncogenic HPV type or types the first time they have sex. In most men and the virus is controlled by the inate immune system. In some the virus can persist and progress causing abnormal cell changes to advance. For the female routine Pap testing allows our doctor to continually monitor our cervix and when or if the virus persist and progress a treatment can be recommended that will prevent most all cervical cancer. There is no routine screening method thus far for vulva, penile anal vaginal and oral cancers.
Oral cancers are harder to detect than cervical infections due to abnormal cell changes that are most often genital HPV types. Some HPV types that affect the oral area are not linked to genital HPV types. HPV type which are rare are non-genital HPV types. Low risk HPV types 6 and 11 can affect the lips and may affect other oral areas. At this time HPV type 6 and 11 are not linked to oral cancer. It seems oncogenic HPV types 16 is of most concern to our researcher but as more information is obtained other HPV types may be. At this moment two HPV vaccines prevent genital HPV types 16 and 18. Neither of these two HPV vaccines has been labeled to prevent oral cancer, but it can prevent genital HPV types…and these two HPV types are linked to oral cancer which is thought at this time to be primarily acquired through sex. Preventing these 2 HPV type of the genital area will probably prevent the transmission of the virus to the oral area. If you are going to have sex it is assumed you will probably acquire a genital HPV type or two. In most people the immune system will probably control the virus.
Using dental dams and condoms during oral sex may help prevent the transmission of the virus but they do not give 100% prevention. Yes, we acquire oncogenic HPV t most often during sex and may even be contagious during deep French kissing , yes the virus is contagious. Oncogenic HPV types do not just jump out of the air. How the virus reacts is up to our individual immune system and as we age our immune system can weaken and other illness and medication can affect how long the virus stays around. Routine screening helps our dentist see changes that may be problematic. It is important to see your dentist as recommended. This allows our dentist to see changes and to treat these changes before they progress.
imperialpoetpurple - It's a risk factor<not a cause, but a kind of contageous risk factor : ) and I was listening to an npr interview about this topic a few months ago discussing an increase in cancers possibly linked to the HPV virus... BUT it's not an indightment against oral sex - but was an open ended discussion about HPV and what could be going on... One aspect of the topic was whether or not there has been some radical change in oral sexual behaviors...but if I remember the interview correctly, there seems to be no such radical changes in oral sex behaviors or frequency... I'll just leave it at that...but what I suspect...is an improvement overall in cancer detection, but it's noteworthy that in the last few decades HPV related throat cancers have increased as smoking has declined...although smoking still adds an increase to HPV being a risk factor... Apparantly oral sex is not a safer alternative to other forms of sex. Presently, there's a problem with testing ie. lots of biopsies yield false negatives...but there's realistic hope a vaccine might soon be developed... I believe good high quality dedicated sex education is needed in our schools, and I believe it needs to be taught in the context of teaching ethical respectful values - not just in the context of biology.
When one thinks about it objectively, sex is truely an amazing sort of behavior ie. a kind of personal Mt. Everest all of us must climb to procreate, to know great pleasure, and to intimately know great pleasure or even pitiful sorrow if abused or neglected - yet, I am still amazed. It just seems nature would have figured out some simpler, more fantastic way... Oh well, such is life.
I have mixed emotions ie. I was once in a high risk group, and now I'm in a low risk group. I want people to be safe and informed, and good healthy sex is something always to be enouraged. I hope the spirit of the question is pro-healthy sex instead of a backhand slap at sex itself... Abstinance and almost monastic separation from sex has at times in my life been a great source of peace of mind - a treaure of peace of mind. Yet, healthy sex is good for people and its health benefits outweigh the risk of an HPV virus - just as good breathing outweighs the risks of pneumonia and lung cancers... One must practice good hygiene and avoid undue risks...
If a person is infected with the HPV virus
Yogi - As enjoyable as it may be it is best that a person stays with one main person to have oral sex with. Jumping from one to another can be dangerous not only for the female but the male as well. Many teens feel as if there is no risk of catching anything, yet it is just as bad if not worse, minus the fact of becoming pregnant.
ReplyDeleteNicolas - The practitioners don't care. There will be a natural selection, when they die out.
ReplyDeleteapril - Well I don't have throat cancer lol
ReplyDeleteAlmost every one of us have some form of HPV, so your question is really moot.
Denisedds - It doesn’t cause cancer.
ReplyDeleteCancer is not contagious.
HPV is a RISK FACTOR for several cancers including those of the head and neck and we have known this for many years now, it is nothing new.
And yes most of us do have HPV.
We do see more of the HPV realted cancers of the head and neck in younger people. It is beleived to be due to their attitude toward oral sex - apprently it is not much more than kissing to many.
Memere RN/BA - Gee..no, I'm not aware. ARE YOU SERIOUS??? Who told you this line of crap? Oral sex cannot cause any cancer because cancer is not contagious and cannot be passed from one person through another. Sorry, I hate when people give someone else false information. I don't know how old you are, but enjoy life and all it's benefits because life is really toooo short.
ReplyDeletetarnishedsilverheart - It is important to understand more about oral cancer and the link to oncogenic HPV types. Oncogenic HPV types are most commonly transmitted through sex. It can be vaginal, anal or oral sex.
ReplyDeleteYes, every one that has had a wart of the hands, feet, elbow areas that are non genital has an HPV types. They are at least 130 HPV types. 40 HPV types affect the genital area. 15 genital HPV types are oncogenic.
Many men and women are exposed to an oncogenic HPV type or types the first time they have sex. In most men and the virus is controlled by the inate immune system. In some the virus can persist and progress causing abnormal cell changes to advance. For the female routine Pap testing allows our doctor to continually monitor our cervix and when or if the virus persist and progress a treatment can be recommended that will prevent most all cervical cancer. There is no routine screening method thus far for vulva, penile anal vaginal and oral cancers.
Oral cancers are harder to detect than cervical infections due to abnormal cell changes that are most often genital HPV types. Some HPV types that affect the oral area are not linked to genital HPV types. HPV type which are rare are non-genital HPV types. Low risk HPV types 6 and 11 can affect the lips and may affect other oral areas. At this time HPV type 6 and 11 are not linked to oral cancer. It seems oncogenic HPV types 16 is of most concern to our researcher but as more information is obtained other HPV types may be. At this moment two HPV vaccines prevent genital HPV types 16 and 18. Neither of these two HPV vaccines has been labeled to prevent oral cancer, but it can prevent genital HPV types…and these two HPV types are linked to oral cancer which is thought at this time to be primarily acquired through sex. Preventing these 2 HPV type of the genital area will probably prevent the transmission of the virus to the oral area. If you are going to have sex it is assumed you will probably acquire a genital HPV type or two. In most people the immune system will probably control the virus.
Using dental dams and condoms during oral sex may help prevent the transmission of the virus but they do not give 100% prevention. Yes, we acquire oncogenic HPV t most often during sex and may even be contagious during deep French kissing , yes the virus is contagious. Oncogenic HPV types do not just jump out of the air. How the virus reacts is up to our individual immune system and as we age our immune system can weaken and other illness and medication can affect how long the virus stays around. Routine screening helps our dentist see changes that may be problematic. It is important to see your dentist as recommended. This allows our dentist to see changes and to treat these changes before they progress.
http://oralcancerfoundation.org/hpv/
thinkingtime - It's more likely to give you a sexually transmitted disease.
ReplyDeleteimperialpoetpurple - It's a risk factor<not a cause, but a kind of contageous risk factor : ) and I was listening to an npr interview about this topic a few months ago discussing an increase in cancers possibly linked to the HPV virus... BUT it's not an indightment against oral sex - but was an open ended discussion about HPV and what could be going on... One aspect of the topic was whether or not there has been some radical change in oral sexual behaviors...but if I remember the interview correctly, there seems to be no such radical changes in oral sex behaviors or frequency... I'll just leave it at that...but what I suspect...is an improvement overall in cancer detection, but it's noteworthy that in the last few decades HPV related throat cancers have increased as smoking has declined...although smoking still adds an increase to HPV being a risk factor... Apparantly oral sex is not a safer alternative to other forms of sex. Presently, there's a problem with testing ie. lots of biopsies yield false negatives...but there's realistic hope a vaccine might soon be developed... I believe good high quality dedicated sex education is needed in our schools, and I believe it needs to be taught in the context of teaching ethical respectful values - not just in the context of biology.
ReplyDeleteWhen one thinks about it objectively, sex is truely an amazing sort of behavior ie. a kind of personal Mt. Everest all of us must climb to procreate, to know great pleasure, and to intimately know great pleasure or even pitiful sorrow if abused or neglected - yet, I am still amazed. It just seems nature would have figured out some simpler, more fantastic way... Oh well, such is life.
I have mixed emotions ie. I was once in a high risk group, and now I'm in a low risk group. I want people to be safe and informed, and good healthy sex is something always to be enouraged. I hope the spirit of the question is pro-healthy sex instead of a backhand slap at sex itself... Abstinance and almost monastic separation from sex has at times in my life been a great source of peace of mind - a treaure of peace of mind. Yet, healthy sex is good for people and its health benefits outweigh the risk of an HPV virus - just as good breathing outweighs the risks of pneumonia and lung cancers... One must practice good hygiene and avoid undue risks...