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I'd surely like to find out, please.
I already told my wife that giving her oral sex can give me cancer. But then again I told her that anal sex lowers high blood pressure.
My first sex was with jerry's mother in an outhouse back in the day, and she gave great head.
NEWS ALERT
The Health Department just shut down Washington DC until all the Congressmen, White
House and Senate politicians get the HPV shot. This it to stem the spread of oral
cancer among the intern’s, and anal cancer among the tax payers.
Yawn....
Fix the economy and stop telling who I can lick.
Heck - oral sex is the only kind I have! I'm so old I can only talk about it!
HAHAHA!!
If this is true, it SUCKS!
This really blows, if true.
WHEW!! Not like I was 'bout to stop going down on every SLUT in sight that will let me....just good to ease my stress a tad.
(((Based on other posts here I'm think'n I should have maybe read the whole article, lol. But really the previous stuff on the subject I have seen was quite a bit scarier.)))
Its about time we start some research on this subject!!!!!! Where do I sign up?!!!
The sexual revolution promised sex without consequences. Instead the masses got herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV, cancer, unwanted pregnancies and other horrible life long or live ending diseases. How's that working out for you?
Pretty darn well, I'm guessing. At least they had something to live for.
So I guess that asking for a reacharound is out of the question?
I'm available for any testing that any college would like to get results on
Here's the facts the woman doctor quoted in this study won't tell you. The percentage of oral cancers, including tonsil, base of tongue, and larynx cancers that are caused by HPV is up dramatically. Most head and neck squamous cell cancers today are caused by HPV. Most of these cancers are in men. Men get them by becoming infected with the HPV virus. Men get infected with the HPV virus by performing cunnilingus on women. Yes, most people who get the HPV virus clear the virus in two or three years. But if you don't, your risk of oropharanx cancer skyrockets. Let me tell you, oropharanx squamous cell cancer is a killer.
Doctors are reluctant to say this. Women apparently don't want this discussion to go to far. Why? Because it could cause a lot of reasonable guys to say, "No, thanks," to cunnilingus. And women wouldn't like that. Of course, the guy is runnings the risk of dying a bad death.
You're right about the men getting HPV+ oropharyngeal cancers in greater proportion. But think about this...women most likely got the HPV in the genital region due to sexual intercourse with infected men. So, in general, the men give it to the women and the women give it back to the men, but in a different area.
It's not a "blaming game" since approximately 80% of the population will have contracted at least some form of HPV in their lifetime.
It's easy to test for HPV infection in women with a pap test. It's not yet known exactly where the HPV resides in men (testes, anus, rectum, etc.), so the medical community hasn't quite figured out how to test men. A blood test will only show you if you have been exposed to the virus at some point in your life, the same way to they do TB test. You have to get a tissue sample test it specifically for HPV, which a pap includes.
There's a lot to be learned in this area, but for now we can only protect ourselves in the ways we know how.
Good comment though, in a bunch of idiotic responses. If they only knew how deadly serious this disease is...
Peace.
The correct answer is: (d) Die of oral sex.
I was married to a nymphomaniac, glad it's over. My neck and back ache much less now. Some don't know what to do with their energy, very primitive instincts guide their every move.
Yesterday I opened wholesale accounts with local lumber distributors and proposed to my coworker the prospect of custom cabinetry and other projects, he was so excited because it happens to be his longstanding pass-time too. Myself and every person I know needs a new kitchen. Ideas, a swedish slat board designed base cabinet exposing floor below, removable panels, stash spots, Purple Heart veneers and solid accents, isolocs...
I'll never allow another relationship to evolve into anything sexual.
Maybe it's mother nature thinking "this idiot has no idea how to re-produce" so she decides to think the herd. ;)
Well there goes Clinton favorite hobby! And just when gay marriage is in the news!
If this were anything but bull@!$%#, the average American male would have succumbed to hand cancer before the age of 20.
Oh hell, what DOESN'T kill you these days?
SO LAME!!!! STOP TAKING ALL MY FUN VICES AWAY!!! I STOPPED SMOKING 2 YEARS AGO, BECAME A VEGAN, LA LA LA. I am going to keep giving my man the good loving and there is nothing you can tell me to make me change my mind =D
I believe the key word here is as stated: Monogamous relationship. How many people practice that today?
I hope it is not true. What IS true, not getting it gives you blue balls.
As the Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Oral Cancer Foundation and a Stage IV
HPV positive Oral Cancer Survivor, I have to say that I was extremely dismayed at this
article for several reasons. The biggest issue I have with this article is this
statement: “But “experts” say such conclusions may be premature, or at least overstated,
and are leading to unnecessary worry”. The only “expert” opinion that reflects this
belief voiced in this article is the “psychologist” Sara Rosenquist. Dr. Maura Gillison,
arguably the leading expert in the link between HPV and Oral Cancer, detailed the most up
to date research on this subject in an October 2011 presentation to the Journal of
American Oncology which detailed the current figures based on SEER statistics.
Now looking at the data presented by Dr. Maura Gillison, between 1989 and 2004 Oral
Cancer occurrences have increased 28% with HPV related Oral Cancers increasing 225%
(), and non HPV Cancers (tobacco etc) decreasing by 50%. This data also explains that the survival rates of HPV related cancers are much better than those of non HPV related cancers, keep in mind the “survival” rate of Oral Cancer still is only 56%. This poor outcome is due to lack of awareness, not just in the general public, but in our medical
community.
According to SEER statistics () total
occurrences of Oral Cancers are down 1.5% between 1979 and 2008. This statistic
coincides with the fact that “all” smoking related cancers were down in the same time
period (). Up until 1988, 75% head and neck cancers were tobacco related() so a decrease in smoking related cancers in this time frame is to be expected.
I feel this article downplays the risks and dangers of HPV related oral cancer, and
failed to analyze the current research done by Dr. Gillison, it also makes me feel like
my four year struggle with this disease and the horrors I’ve endured at its hands seem
somehow belittled. I know that was not the intent of the author, nor Sara Rosenquist’s,
as they do not know me, nor probably have ever met anyone actually affected by an HPV
related Oral/Pharyngeal cancer as nearly half of us die. I feel comfortable expressing
that the majority of survivors of this disease would feel similarly when they read the
statement “The link between HPV and oral cancers is less clear.” Being an HPV positive
Oral Cancer Survivor, the link is completely clear to me everyday I look in the mirror
and have to deal with the fact that half of my face is missing.
I was thirty-three years old when I was diagnosed with StageIV metastatic Oral Cancer in
2008, which of course shocked everyone around me as I was a non-smoking, social drinker, and according to my wife, the healthiest man alive due to my obsession with exercise and nutrition. I worked a fantastic job running a beautiful, boutique hotel in rural Northern Idaho, and was happily married to my wife of 7 years with two beautiful young boys ages 4 and 7. I did not fit the demographic of the typical Oral Cancer patient at that time, which was a white male in his mid 60’s and a lifetime smoker and drinker.
Now I’d like to think of myself as a “player” or Don Juan if you will, my ego I think
would insist upon it, yet the reality is that I’ve had nowhere near 20 sexual partners in
my lifetime. The reality is, anyone is susceptible to contracting HPV, even if they only
have one sexual partner. According to the Cleveland Clinic (ranked by US News & World Report as one of the top medical facilities in the country in both Cancer and
Otolaryngology) “about 80% of sexually active men and women are infected with HPV at some point in their lives, but most people never know they have the virus.”
()."
What I've learned through my cancer experience and being a patient advocate for the last
three years for the Oral Cancer Foundation is that we are all unique biological entities
and each person will react differently to HPV, cancer therapies, etc no matter how
healthy of a lifestyle that we lead. Education, Awareness and early detection not only
save lives, but save smiles, kisses and families too."
One should note that the word 'promiscuity" does not itself imply "sexual promiscuity." My dietary habits may be of a promiscuous nature.