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    Default Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    (snip)virus spread during oral sex is now the main cause of throat cancer in people under 50, scientists have warned.

    They say the human papilloma virus spread during unprotected sex is to blame for a disturbing rise in potentially deadly oral cancers in the last few decades.

    Doctors have called for boys to be vaccinated against HPV just like teenage girls to stop the spread of the disease.(snip)


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    Default Re: Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    What if the already have HPV? What can be done? This is scary.

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    Default Re: Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    ^^^ basically, there isn't any cure for HPV ... virtually all medical treatments attempt to address the 'symptoms' without actually curing the disease. So far every previous HPV study has been related to genital warts or cervical cancer, so there really isn't any reliable study data yet re throat cancer. However, because HPV often remains symptom-less for years, there are undoubtedly millions of people out there who have it but don't know they have it. Obviously after the fact vaccinations aren't helpful ... and in fact it really isn't known whether existing vaccinations aimed at genital warts will also be effective against these cancers.


    (snip)She added: 'What is most strongly linked to oral HPV infection is the number of sexual partners someone has had in their lifetimes, in particular the number of individuals on whom they have performed oral sex.

    'The higher the number of partners that you’ve had, the greater the odds that you’d have an oral infection.'

    Yesterday, researchers told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Washington DC that teenagers consider oral sex to be 'casual, socially acceptable, inconsequential and significantly less risk to their health than “real” sex.'

    Last year a study at Johns Hopkins University found that HPV posed a greater risk in contracting cancer than smoking or alcohol.(snip)

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    There is also a possible new aspect that, like cigarettes and alcohol, greedy gov'ts may attempt to use this new medical evidence as the basis for new regulations ! This could potentially affect strip clubs.

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    This is actually scary. Back in my wild days (my 20's) I had oral sex with many men, including virtual near strangers. Years ago I was diagnosed with HPV and had it removed but if I had it in the cervix who's to say I don't have this? Creepy. Btw, fear of diseases is why I cleaned up my act and became monogamous.

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    Scary... feels like we are moving backwards these days.

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    Default Re: Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    Great another reason getting road head is off the table.


    Damn you science!

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    Default Re: Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    I posted this on my facebook and just had to share the responses I got.... First names have been changed to protect the profoundly stupid.
    (I'm ***** King, by the way)


    ***** Hoffmann: Who knew the only thing that can create life, if in the wrong hards could also kill!
    50 minutes ago · Like

    ***** King: Well you can't exactly get pregnant from swallowing a load, but I see where you're going with this one
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    ***** Washington: LIES AND SLANDER!!!!
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    ***** Washington: if she spits she quits and even then thats a lie! swallowing a man cum and cure throat colds. ease headaches, and boost immune systems and along with that give you lots of vitamins. This study was done by a female UCLA professor who documented everything and perscribed giving your man or sexual partneroral sex 4 times a week for its health benefits. so ***** i ask you who has told you these lies?
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    ***** King: Men often unknowingly carry HPV because symptoms rarely show up for them. It's the leading cause for cervical cancer, and now, apparently, throat cancer.
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    ***** Washington: So what your saying to me is that some women out there dont have there man tested and through there ignorance try to make oral sex look evil? tisk tisk tisk
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    ***** King: No, what I'm saying is that everyone should be responsible enough to get themselves tested, and regularly. It's a trend that's showing up in more and more studies, so if you want to talk to anyone about "there" ignorance (can you taste the irony?), you could try professors at John Hopkins or OSU.
    I'm also saying banana flavored condoms ftw
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    Default Re: Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    Men don't get tested for hpv in any routine tests. So there isn't a way for men just to know or not. Only women are tested for it during pap smears.

    Seriously, there is no way to really know how potentially bad this really is.

    B ut I'm gona go with, "its a scare tactic to keep people paranoid, judgemental, and paying more for lots of Guardasil."

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    Default Re: Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    Well to feed your conspiracy fears KS, some people at wikipedia also think herpes fear was created by the drug companies.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_...ty_and_culture

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    Default Re: Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    I have a sore throat all of a sudden...

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    Default Re: Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    Quote Originally Posted by gatre View Post
    Well to feed your conspiracy fears KS, some people at wikipedia also think herpes fear was created by the drug companies.
    I'm not sure about herpes, but there is a fear created by drug companies for all medicine. notice everytime one goes to the doctor they are always prescribed something? No coincidence. For instance I have arthritis and the doctor wanted me on medicine. Instead I started working out, doing yoga and watching my diet. Guess what? the arthritis subsided. If I had medication it probably would have gotten worse.

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    Default Re: Oral sex is ‘bigger cause of throat cancer than tobacco’

    FUCK there goes my weekend hoobie

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