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I performed oral sex and developed a sore throat next day. is this bad?

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Dr. Joseph Bouvier answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Depends: If swallowing of semen occurred, this can lower your immune systems response (since there are immunosuppressants in semen) and if a illness was waiting, it could have had the chance to start since the immune system could have been temporarily suppressed.

Answered 11/27/2013

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