What are the advantages and disadvantages of oral sex?

Question

It may be possible to get some stds in the mouth or throat from giving oral sex to a partner with a genital or anal/rectal infection, particularly from giving oral sex to a partner with an infected penis. It also may be possible to get certain stds on the penis (and possibly the vagina, anus or rectum) from getting oral sex from a partner with a mouth or throat infection. It?s possible to have an std in more than one area at the same time, for example in the throat and the genitals. Several stds that may be transmitted by oral sex can then spread throughout the body of an infected person. Stds can be spread to a sex partner even when the infected partner has no signs or symptoms. If you are infected with an std, you might not know it because many stds may have no symptoms.

Karuna Chawla · Accepted Answer

It may be possible to get some stds in the mouth or throat from giving oral sex to a partner with a genital or anal/rectal infection, particularly from giving oral sex to a partner with an infected penis. It also may be possible to get certain stds on the penis (and possibly the vagina, anus or rectum) from getting oral sex from a partner with a mouth or throat infection. It?s possible to have an std in more than one area at the same time, for example in the throat and the genitals. Several stds that may be transmitted by oral sex can then spread throughout the body of an infected person. Stds can be spread to a sex partner even when the infected partner has no signs or symptoms. If you are infected with an std, you might not know it because many stds may have no symptoms.