Oral sex and risks

[Shameless60]

Not sure if this is right place but are risks of oral sex less than intercourse or anal

 

[ElectricBlue]

Yes. Any exchange of bodily fluids and the risk of blood exchange brings the risk of STDs. That's why they're called sexually transmitted diseases.

 

[Bramblethorn]

In general, unprotected oral is less risky than unprotected anal or vaginal, but it's not risk-free.

Chlamydia, herpes (cold sores), syphilis, and gonorrhea are all transmissible via oral. (If you're unlucky, you can even get syphilis via mouth-to-mouth kissing, what a downer.)

You can also catch HPV, which causes genital warts and cervical + other cancers. However, a vaccine for HPV is available, and if you're ever sexually active you should consider getting the HPV vax.

Hepatitis B, trichomoniasis, and HIV are unlikely to be transmitted via oral. There's a Hep B vaccine available and it's a good idea to get it - sex aside, Hep B can be caught via other channels and it's pretty nasty, so might as well get yourself protected.

Cuts and sores in the mouth will increase the risk of disease transmission via oral. This includes things like cold sores and also recent tooth-brushing/flossing (last few hours).

 

[whistler1]

As others have stated, it may be less risky than vaginal/anal sex, but there is still a risk - especially if the sucker has bleeding gums or any type of open cut/sore in their mouth...

 

[occasional_lovers]

Under certain conditions, oral can be more risky; a typical example is that some people use condom during vaginal or anal sex, but they think they need no protection for oral.

 

[amofiga]

Well.... depends on what risk you're looking at. The risk of pregnancy is zero with oral sex. As for STD's, you are probably as equally at risk with oral sex as vaginal or anal sex. Best to know your partner and delay sex until you can both be tested. But if you have hot pants and need for immediacy, there are always condoms. On the other hand, I wouldn't waste my time with oral sex with a condom or dental dam. For me, I'd just as soon lick a rubber glove and jerk off. For me, nothing better than watching a woman swallow my cum or have her squirt cumming on my face.

 

[Mike_05]

Even now more so, with the flu season and now the Covid-19 viruses present.

 

[AnnieLit]

Even now more so, with the flu season and now the Covid-19 virus present.

Flu and corona are transmitted when droplets of spit get into lungs. So kissing yes, more risky, but not oral.

For the OP: oral is not risk free, but it is much less risky than other ways of fluid exchange. Plus... in no circumstances am I giving an oral to a dressed up cock. It is just not going to happen. I would rather wait till I can trust him enough and do other things for now than suck on a condom.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Flu and corona are transmitted when droplets of spit get into lungs. So kissing yes, more risky, but not oral.

Any contact with mucous membranes is a risk. That includes eyes, nose, mouth, and genitals. So, yes, oral is a risk for flu & CV transmission.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Any contact with mucous membranes is a risk. That includes eyes, nose, mouth, and genitals. So, yes, oral is a risk for flu & CV transmission.

Quite so. And if the risk isn’t darned near zero, it’s darned near one.

 

[LWulf]

For men, most diseases are external on their sexual appendage. To not reiterate what others have already said, but neglected to mention is; staph infection.

For women, most of their diseases are internal. I guess women are more capable of washing their outsides, over men.

However nature provides a self cleaning system for men, called urination, which might be why men are less prone to internal sexual diseases. A good saline flush cleans out the pipes, for the most part. It's probably an instinctual thing that "intelligent man" overrides chalking it off as "I'll get to that later," then wonders why he got an internal sexual infection.

However, the skin is not an "intact barrier," The most obvious way to prove that is to pour mercury on your skin (if you're stupid enough to try). Mercury will pass through the skin and get transported throughout the circulatory system with very little effort, and settle into "deep tissue" (deep tissue" is a misnomer, like "deep space" as it refers to pretty much every part of the body ("deep space" for any who are interested isn't that "far out." It simply refers to anything outside Earth's orbit. I believe even the moon is considered in "deep space")).

The point being that blood, or certain invasive germs, viruses, bacteria, parasites or fungi (that are small enough) can pass through the pores or at least embed themselves into the skin. One reason that a condom can HELP restrain most ailments, but even a condom has pores, and heat enlarges synthetic pores.

However, staph naturally exists outside the body (or any place that is a warm/moist environment), and will not permeate the skin. This is why it's more of an "at risk" to women (whom they've had sex with), over men (who don't diligently wash their penii).
Also a reason why men should ALWAYS wash their hands after touching their penii. Rubbing your eyes with unwashed hands is how you can introduce staph infection into your own body.

For reference, "diligently washing" does NOT mean "scrubbing." The supposed "Silkwood shower" never included scrubbing (contrary to how Hollyweird portrays it). Scrubbing the skin is more prone to scratch or tear the skin and allow anything outside the body to enter it. A thorough, gentle, warm water, bathing action, with a mild soap, is sufficient to remove any exterior contaminants residing on the body. Hot water, opens up pores, so again, WARM water is enough.

...and speaking of "enough" ...

 

[Bramblethorn]

However, the skin is not an "intact barrier," The most obvious way to prove that is to pour mercury on your skin (if you're stupid enough to try). Mercury will pass through the skin and get transported throughout the circulatory system with very little effort, and settle into "deep tissue"

Elemental mercury is not easily absorbed through the skin. Most mercury poisoning happens either due to inhaling mercury vapour, or from organomercury compounds, which are vastly more easily absorbed - if you spill dimethyl mercury on your skin, now, that's bad news.

(deep tissue" is a misnomer, like "deep space" as it refers to pretty much every part of the body ("deep space" for any who are interested isn't that "far out." It simply refers to anything outside Earth's orbit. I believe even the moon is considered in "deep space")).

"Deep space" is usually understood to mean space beyond the Moon's orbit, or sometimes beyond the solar system.

The point being that blood, or certain invasive germs, viruses, bacteria, parasites or fungi (that are small enough) can pass through the pores or at least embed themselves into the skin. One reason that a condom can HELP restrain most ailments, but even a condom has pores, and heat enlarges synthetic pores.

Condoms do have pores, but this is somewhat misleading. A condom can stop pathogens much smaller than its pore size, because those pathogens aren't just going to climb through the pores on their own. Viruses often live within body cells that are much larger than the pore size; even free virus particles are typically suspended in body fluids, which are viscous enough that they don't flow easily through pores that size. This can easily be tested by filling a condom with water - the water doesn't just ooze through, and semen/vaginal fluids are significantly thicker than water.

There are some STIs that can spread through skin-to-skin contact but your mucosa are much more vulnerable, and a male condom used correctly is pretty effective for covering those, at least.