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Hey i wanted to ask if u could get any sexual disease or any type of disease from giving a handjob

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You could get herpes: if they had open lesions and you rubbed them. I don't know if genital warts can be transmitted this way. Otherwise, I don't think so.

Answered 6/15/2016

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A member asked:

Hey i wanted to ask if u could get any sexual disease or any type of disease from giving a handjob

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Dr. Bruce Jacobs answered

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