Question 1

what diseases can be spread by french kissing?

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Lots: Many illness that is circulating in your blood may be passed through the sharing of deep salivary secretions. Some are suppressed by salivary enzymes, but consider flu, intestinal viruses, upper airway viruses, strep A , mono, all an easy pass.In not immune, chickenpox,measles, rubella,mumps, diphtheria, whooping cough &amp; more.

Question 2

can you always get herpes from french kissing?

Accepted Answer

No, but: Intimate contact with someone who has herpes and is actively shedding the virus can result in transmission of the virus and a new infection in the recipient.  Someone could certainly contract the virus during kissing of any sort, but not everyone who is french kissing gets herpes.

Question 3

a follow-up question. is it pep recommended in case after french kissing someone whose status is unknown?

Accepted Answer

: Kissing,even French kissing, is not considered likely to transmit HIV as saliva acts as a barrier or destroyer of the virus even if it were present. If you still have concerns, get tested.

Question 4

can i get hiv from french kiss?

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No: French kissing is extremely low to no risk for HIV transmission.  More about sexual behavior and HIV transmission https://wwwn.cdc.gov/hivrisk/transmit/activities/

Question 5

can you get hpv from french kissing?

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You bet: Hpv is transmitted person to person by direct contact.  If the person you are kissing has warts on their lips or in mouth the virus can be easily transmitted.

Question 6

can you catch aids by french kissing?

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Yes: If you have an open lesion in your mouth and your partner has an open lesion in their mouth it is possible that if there is transfer of fluids including blood from mouth to mouth.

Question 7

can french kissing transmit hepatitis b, c or a?

Accepted Answer

Possibly: A definitely, but acute A injection has a brief incubation period so statistically not very likely. 
B is transmitted via blood or other infected body fluid (usually semen) - so saliva more unusual but possible. 
C typically requires blood to blood contact. 
bottom line - know your partners and stay safe!

Question 8

is it possible to contract hiv from french kissing?

Accepted Answer

Yes: The aids virus, hiv, has been detected in saliva and at least theoretically could be transmitted by exchange of saliva during kissing.  This is a low probability route of infection as compared to unprotected sex, but it is at least theoretically possible.  I'm not aware of any case reports of such transmission.

Question 9

is it possible to get hiv from deep french kissing?

Accepted Answer

No risk: Possible? Maybe, at least theoretically. But if so, it is extremely unlikely. Of the milliions of people infected worldwide in the 30+ years of hte known HIV/AIDS epidemic, none are known to have been acquired by kissing. Among other things, saliva kills HIV -- which is one reason why oral sex also carries little or no risk of HIV.

Question 10

someone who have hpv, can still kiss like french kiss?

Accepted Answer

Depends: The many strains of HPV are spread by infected skin to uninfected skin contact. It is localized to the tissues where it is found &amp; does not enter you bloodstream or get passed by casual contact. Deep  kissing would be a problem if you had HPV infestation inside the mouth/throat, which can occur but is quite rare.

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