Common Knowledge on Common STI’s
Friday July 6th, 2007 in Ass, Desire, Doing It, Education, FDA, HPV, Pharmo, Pleasure, Questions Answered, STD, STI, Safe Sex, Sex, Sexual Health | 2 Comments »
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Can you get genital warts in the mouth? or transmit it? how common is catching herpes from someone who isn’t breaking out? can you get herpes in the nose? can you spread it?
-Levitron
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Genital warts and the mouth: yes and yes. You can get it and transmit it. Gentle Warts can be large or small, round or flat, and are normally painless. The incubation period is around 2 to 4 months. And to top it off, gentle warts are a result of strains 16, 18 and 31 of HPV. Which, if you were reading the news a month or two ago you would believe that oral HPV DEFINITELY gives you oral or throat cancer and you’ll die. Only strain 31 can result in cancer, however it’s incredibly rare. For more info on the throat cancer debacle check out my blog post here. However, don’t get me wrong, I’m not poo-pooing the seriousness of throat or mouth cancer. I’m not the kind to say, “well I heard the jury is still out on science.” I’m just making sure people don’t get rolled up in the hype, this nation has been using too many scare tactics regarding sex. Thankfully, there is now a vaccine for HPV and Johns Hopkins are doing multiple research studies on HPV and oral cancer.
Herpes and You: Herpes are the fun little sores that can show up on your gentles (cockular region, vulvular region and anular region) or mouth and are brought to you by the good folks at unsafe sex. Sores INSIDE your mouth are NOT herpes, they are canker sores. Oral herpes result in sores outside the mouth on the lips when there is a break out. According the CDC, one in five adolescents and adults have had herpes. If you have herpes and there you are not having an outbreak, you can still transmit the virus to your partner(s). Unfortunately there is no cure for herpes (along with most virus-based STI’s), hence that stupid frat-boy joke, “herpes, the gift that keeps on giving.”
Herpes and Your Nose: You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, you can pick your friends nose, and if your friend has herpes in the nose you just picked and you put the same finger in your nose and rubbed it about vigorously you can get nasal herpes…maybe.
