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A 23-year-old female asked:
Can stds be transmitted through saliva or through urine?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Frank Kuitemsanswered
Internal Medicine 38 years experience
Yes: Yes all STDs be transmitted through saliva or through direct contact with urinary tract opening like urethra male and female.I am not sure how else you would be in contact with urine other than oral / genital or genital to genital contact.
Condom use and monogamous relationships help alot to decrease std transmission
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Dr. Erin Robertson commented
General Practice 21 years experience
I think the chance of spreading HIV saliva-to-saliva presuming no oral mucosa/gingival disease is still generally considered close to nil...that said, STDs tend to travel together - mutual benefit. An active herpes lesion is an open door for HIV, for example.
Dec 8, 2014
Dr. Erin Robertsonanswered
General Practice 21 years experience
Yes, some can: For example, if a man has a GC/CT/trich urethritis, the germs are going to be delivered through the urethra by both urine and ejaculate. Hepatitis and herpes have been present in saliva as well. Chances of co-infection increase with breaks in oral or vaginal mucosa.
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Could STDs transfer through saliva?
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Some do some don't: Depending on the germ, some can and some don't.
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Dr. Nelly Cohenanswered
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Can you test oral STDS through urine and blood?
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
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Please tell me if you can get tested for all std's through urine?
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Pediatrics 48 years experience
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