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How probable is it to get an std from giving oral sex?

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Dr. Thomas Namey answered

Specializes in Rheumatology

Good!: If your partner has a disease, the chances are quite good. Sex is not a game. Serious business with significant health and psychological consequences!

Answered 1/25/2014

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

The probability : Depends on if the other person is infected (which you usually have no way of knowing beforehand). Oral sex has potential to transmit a number of sti's. Herpes simplex, hiv, hpv, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis ; hepatitis can be spread via oral sex.

Answered 1/25/2014

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