"French Kisses" Cause HPV Mouth

This is a warning for those who like oral sex or a French kiss .Watch out, two behaviors can enhance infection of human papilloma virus (HPV) in the mouth.This is expressed by Dr. Maura Gillison in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Gillison and colleagues from The Ohio State University, Columbus, investigating oral HPV infection is associated with sexual behavior.Investigations carried out on 332 adults and 210 male age-level students.They saw 4.8 percent of adults and 2.9 percent of men aged mahasisma have oral HPV infection.

In adults, oral HPV infection was significantly increased among smokers and in individuals who reported having more than 10 sexual partners more than 25 oral or vaginal sex partners over their lifetime.The same risk factors experienced by men aged students.

Male students aged at least six oral sex partners or couples kissing style French kiss .In their behavior is independently associated with the development of oral HPV infection.

Meanwhile, 28 percent of men aged students who reported never having oral sex, has 10 or at least five pairs French kiss , it also has a risk of significantly higher for the occurrence of oral HPV infection.

"Our data suggest that oral HPV infection that can become cancerous tendency can be transmitted through behaviors such as French kiss, "said Gillison, told Reuters Health.

It is also associated with gonorrheal pharyngitis , an infection that is transmitted sexually tonsil and the back of the throat, and associated with oral HPV infections that can trigger cancer of the mouth the next 10-20 years.