STD Free --- well I do have mouth herpes
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Un-retired: Met my ATF. Married her. Divorcing her.
For a second I was sweating the potential bad news.
But ya clean as a whistle except for the occasional cold sore
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There's no test for HPV in men and only like 2 of 100 strains cause cancer. Health claims for oral cancer have gone from 302K in 2011 to 486K in 2015. Note that is all about going down on your partner has nothing to do with "wrapping your tool." Throat cancer is no joke and arguable worse than HIV.
Is that only through sexual contact or are the new cases from other things as well, like vaping, drinking clorox, etc?
Not sure if the link to the article is working. I think everyone is sure at this point that the increase is due to HPV and the changing attitudes toward oral sex, especially with the younger generation. I'm trying not to be too alarmist about the risks -- but it's much harder to quantify the risks of HPV than the other STDs. There's a vaccine for HPV, but most of us older guys are probably carrying, already. The vaccine is intended for children, before they become sexually active.
I don't see the point of engaging in DATY with a dental dam. Might as well not do it.
It can take decades to develop throat cancer due to HPV exposure. By then you might have developed other kinds of cancer not related to engaging in oral sex.