A quick google search on "STDs from oral sex" turned up a variety of results, with
this being one of them. The website has a variety of information on the risk of transmission and also how to have oral sex with protection - and goes into a variety of protection methods. If you don't know much about it, it's worth a read.
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Though there's admittedly less risk of STIs in oral sex than in vaginal or anal sex, the risk still exists. You can get a bacterial infection of chlamydia, syphilis or gonorrhea in your mouth and/or throat, and in some rarer occasions, can develop genital warts in the mouth. Herpes is commonly passed between genitals and the mouth, and HIV can be passed through cuts in the mouth or small abrasions.
The only 100 percent effective way to avoid an STI is not to have oral, vaginal or anal sex at all. If you are planning to have oral sex, know how to make it safer by avoiding the exchange of bodily fluids and other risky contact.
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