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A member asked:
I have tonsil cancer and it's infected and i kissed my boyfriend and now he's got tonsilitis?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
Infection, not cance: Oral, throat infections will spread if you swap spit, not a peck on the cheek (but don't do that either, until infection is treated.
Answered 11/8/2012
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