Wary of the dangers behind Oral Sex

Wary of the dangers behind Oral Sex

Three years ago, Hollywood actor Michael Douglas is rumored to currently battling throat cancer. Initially, the ex-husband of Catherine Zeta-Jones claimed the ailment because of the habit of smoking and drinking alcohol.

However, some time later, in a mass media Douglas admitted Human Papilloma Virus induced kankernya (HPV). Menjangkitinya because it can be viral practice oral sex.

Is it true that oral sex can cause cancer of the throat?

To discuss it, a team of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) held a meeting with Gypsyamber D'Souza, doctors from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. They concluded, throat cancer caused by HPV will not infect a partner.

From the studies conducted, it is known that HPV type 16 and most potentially cause throat cancer. The Virus was contracted by two percent of the women, and zero percent men. When they tested the visual test, not found a history of cancer.

This means that the risk of developing throat cancer from HPV 16 couples is extremely low. "A lot of people who are infected, but can clean it up," said D'Souza, as reported by the page Medical News Today.

For couples that have long strained intimacy, virus does not mean anything. They are infected, but not dangerous.

That fact can be different if one spouse has a lot of oral sex. Another study stated, oral sex with six or more people at risk of causing cancer of the throat.

Another couple oral sex allows a person developing cancer of the throat is 3.4 times higher.

However, oral sex is not a major cause of throat cancer. Researchers assert, smoking remains a far more potent factor for throat cancer. Heavy smokers are 20 times more likely to attack the disease, compared to those who do not smoke.