{"id":417665,"date":"2017-09-13T00:30:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T00:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/13\/lifestyle-gynaecologist-warns-against-oral-sex\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T00:30:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T00:30:19","slug":"lifestyle-gynaecologist-warns-against-oral-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/13\/lifestyle-gynaecologist-warns-against-oral-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifestyle: Gynaecologist warns against oral sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Tuesday, 12 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>primenewsghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/98381872.295.jpg\" alt=\"Oral Sex Is Bad 35\" title=\"Oral Sex Is Bad 35\" width=\"295\" height=\"158\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Oral sex has been linked with an increased risk of acquiring HPV infection<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Prof. Adegboyega Fawole of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has warned that Human Papilloma Virus has been found in the throat of people engaging in oral sex.<\/p>\n<p>Fawole, who is of the Department of Gynaecology, UITH, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin on Tuesday that HPV was mostly sexually transmitted.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the virus caused almost all cases of cervical cancer and could cause genital warts and anal cancer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOral sex has been linked with an increased risk of acquiring HPV infection in the mouth and with an increased risk of developing oral cancers that are caused by HPV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, sex, in general, has also been linked with these risks,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The gynaecologist warned that those engaging in oral sex were twice more likely to have oral HPV infection than those who did not engage in oral sex.<\/p>\n<p>Fawole, however, said there was no need for individuals in monogamous relationships to restrict their sexual activities if the pair was in good health.<\/p>\n<p>He called on people to always go for screening and checkup to guard against cancer of any kind.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 44 updated by: 44 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Tuesday, 12 September 2017 Source: primenewsghana.com 2017-09-12 Oral sex has been linked with an increased risk of acquiring HPV infection Prof. Adegboyega Fawole of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital has warned that Human Papilloma Virus has been found in the throat of people engaging in oral sex. 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