{"id":983649,"date":"2022-02-09T22:17:22","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/09\/sex-education-can-oral-sex-cause-throat-cancer\/"},"modified":"2022-02-09T22:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T22:17:22","slug":"sex-education-can-oral-sex-cause-throat-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/09\/sex-education-can-oral-sex-cause-throat-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex Education: Can oral sex cause throat cancer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"407\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628939993_941_image-11-696x407.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"oral sex\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Oral sex is a form of foreplay where the genital organs are kissed or licked during sex. There are rumours that oral sex can cause cancer; how true is it?<\/p>\n<p>Although oral sex cannot cause cancer, it can lead to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) which increases the risk of getting cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Though HPV is a sexually transmitted disease you do not need to have sexual intercourse to contract HPV as it is spread through skin-to-skin contact such as anal or oral sex.<\/p>\n<p>HPV can cause health challenges like genital warts and warts in the throat. It can also be transmitted to an unborn child by a pregnant woman who has it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nav-ring-5\">How can HPV lead to cancer?<\/h2>\n<p>Well, HPV can cause cells to become pre-cancerous and that can cause cancer. This is because the virus changes the genetic material in the infected cells.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a whopping 35% of people who have throat cancer have had HPV. The situation is exacerbated if the person smokes or drinks.<\/p>\n<p>Most men and women who have HPV do not notice any symptoms until it develops to warts.<\/p>\n<p>They might notice some bumps in their penis, scrotum, or anus. Some strains of HPV can cause anal, penile or throat cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In women, HPV can lead to warts around the vagina, anus, cervix, or vulva and cancer too.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nav-ring-11\">The ways to prevent these are;<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Stop having oral sex with untreated people.<\/li>\n<li>Go for regular tests and screening because it is usually undetected at the earliest stage.<\/li>\n<li>Stop having unprotected sex.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"vBaCygsLcPg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LGBTQI+ Debate: Passage of bill would have huge economic impact on our economy - ISODEC- (9-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vBaCygsLcPg?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oral sex is a form of foreplay where the genital organs are kissed or licked during sex. There are rumours that oral sex can cause cancer; how true is it? Although oral sex cannot cause cancer, it can lead to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) which increases the risk of getting cancer. Though HPV is a sexually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[549],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-983649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}