
Originally Posted by
schingchang
Yea...BBBJ and DATY are definitely not the same risk. HSV-1 and HSV-2 are the ones that are going to give you genital herpes. Yea we can sit here and talk about the other strains like HHV8, but that doesn't give you genital herpes does it?
You are correct, traditionally HSV-1 presents in the mouth/lips but now the prevlance is roughly 50/50 on the lips/mouth and genitals between HSV-1/HSV-2 as oral sex has become such a common occurrence. In fact, most adolescents begin with oral sex before any penetrative sex.
You just be crazy if you think BBBJ/DATY has the same transmission risk for most STDs. That is...absolutely ridiculious. Certain STDs like herpes and pubic lice does have higher transmission rates but other STDs like HIV and gonorrhea have a much lower risk. Infact the transmission rate of HIV through recieving oral sex as a man is quite a confrontational subject, some studies shown such a low transmission rate, almost neligible (as noted by the CDC). Gonorrhea also yes can be transmisted by mouth but the rate is in the low single digits while female to male transmission of BBFS is about 40% per event.
While we're throwing around degrees, I guess I have an MD and I'm practicing