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Risk % from Unprotected Oral
I've given unprotected oral (cunnilingus) and received unprotected oral (fellatio) from 2 CSWs in the past 60 days, 45 days from any possible exposure.
What are the risks of contracting or spreading an STD via unprotected oral sex? The CDC and other information sources just say it's a risk and never really explain further.
Just today I noticed a slight red area on the glands of my penis and I noticed a couple weeks ago a slight red area just south of my navel. I took the second red spot for an ingrown hair... but the glands red spot of course now gives me pause. It could of course be from any number of non STD related causes including masterbation.
I also may have had slight stinging immediately after urination, which for me isn't uncommon if I am dehydrated. This might have happened once or twice in the past week, not in the last 4 days.
I assume my risks would be Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis? How easily transmissible are these in these situations?
Also, how should I go about getting tested in an anonymous way?
What are the risks of contracting or spreading an STD via unprotected oral sex? The CDC and other information sources just say it's a risk and never really explain further.
Just today I noticed a slight red area on the glands of my penis and I noticed a couple weeks ago a slight red area just south of my navel. I took the second red spot for an ingrown hair... but the glands red spot of course now gives me pause. It could of course be from any number of non STD related causes including masterbation.
I also may have had slight stinging immediately after urination, which for me isn't uncommon if I am dehydrated. This might have happened once or twice in the past week, not in the last 4 days.
I assume my risks would be Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis? How easily transmissible are these in these situations?
Also, how should I go about getting tested in an anonymous way?
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Your risks are quite low for giving oral to a vagina. The risks there would be mostly syphilis, and that's uncommon in most developed countries. I wouldn't even worry about it. She'd have to have a sore in order for you do get it, and you'd get a sore on your penis, but again, it's uncommon and low risk with oral on a vagina.
From receiving oral, your risks are gonorrhea, chlamydia, NGU, syphilis and herpes type 1 if you don't already have that. The red spot south of your navel is most likely unrelated. The redness on your glans could be a fungus, irritation, or a wide variety of other things, long before an STD. The risk for an STD from oral is lower than with penetrative sex.
You can't get tested for STDs anonymously in most places. You can go and self=pay, and leave it off your insurance, though. Any STD clinic or Planned Parenthood will allow you to do that.
I doubt this is an STD, though. Get checked if you have a partner you are concerned about, but if it's negative, and the symptoms remain even after hydrating, get checked out by your regular doctor.
From receiving oral, your risks are gonorrhea, chlamydia, NGU, syphilis and herpes type 1 if you don't already have that. The red spot south of your navel is most likely unrelated. The redness on your glans could be a fungus, irritation, or a wide variety of other things, long before an STD. The risk for an STD from oral is lower than with penetrative sex.
You can't get tested for STDs anonymously in most places. You can go and self=pay, and leave it off your insurance, though. Any STD clinic or Planned Parenthood will allow you to do that.
I doubt this is an STD, though. Get checked if you have a partner you are concerned about, but if it's negative, and the symptoms remain even after hydrating, get checked out by your regular doctor.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
It is very hard to give exact numbers for the risk of transmission: there are too many variables involved. When we say "low risk" what we mean it is much lower if compared with unprotected vaginal intercourse. We are not juggling numbers like 0,1% or 10%, since such estimations are always inaccurate.
You can get syphilis if your partner is infected, if he or she is in primary or secondary stage of disease and if you come into a direct contact with a syphilis sore, and if the contact is strong. And if all those ifs are true, the risk is 30 to 60%. And, given how uncommon syphilis is, if we apply the statistics to a random oral encounter with a CSW in the US, the numbers go down to well under 1% (but we still can't say if it's 0,1% or 0,001% for both numbers are very low).
To get gonorrhea you need for the germs to infiltrate your urethra and the risk during unprotected intercourse is quite high. Gonorrhea of the throat is by far less common, so we can only assume the risk to get it from giving oral sex is low.
You got the idea. Hopefully it puts your mind at ease.