[Question #11983] Kissing
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11 months ago
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Hello
recent encounter: massage with protected oral and there was not deep but there was kissing with the tongue.
My question is on the forum i have noticed a change in tone about kissing risks.
I have never tested for oral gonorrhea - should i be tested - i do not engage in sex with males. My last encounter was a few months back with kissing but not had any symptoms however apparently oral gonorrhea is asymptomatic.
Should i be tested.
During the protected oral encounter - she spat on my penis - is there any risk with that
Is the light french kissing worth me getting tested?
thank you
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
11 months ago
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Welcome back to the Forum. I think you are over reading our stance on STI transmission through kissing. Dr. Handsfield and I respond based on data presented in peer-reviewed scientific data. In the past year or so there are several reports of gonorrhea being acquired in the throat as a result of deep, "French" kissing, primarily among men who have other men as sex partners . Gonorrhea and other STIs are NOT transmitted through simple, non-deep (i.e. tongue involved) kissing and is only very rarely transmitted through deep kissing. Kissing remains among the very lowest risk of possible exposures and is not something I would be worried about. I certainly would not recommend testing every time that a person is involved with deep kissing of another person, particularly if that person is of the opposite gender. Personally, in your situation, I would not be worried and would not seek testing, (FYI, oro-pharyngeal gonorrhea is uncommon, is most often asymptomatic, is inefficiently transmitted, does not cause complications, and tends to resolve without treatment over a few weeks after acquistion).
Gonorrhea is NOT transmitted in saliva- saliva contains anti-bacterial substances.
As I said above, light french kissing is not something I would worry about or test for. EWH
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11 months ago
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Thank you
and in regards to the saliva used as lubrication on my penis prior to it being covered - is that a no risk event
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
11 months ago
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Yes, still no risk for the reasons I mentioned above.
You have one follow-up remaining. EWH
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