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writes:When you give someone a hand job, can u get an STI?? I don't understand why you can't? Also, what infections can you get from kissing loads of people at a party, when everyone is getting off with one another? HELP!
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reader, anonymous, writes (22 April 2009): Giving a hand-job is very unlikely to transfer an STI, but it can happen. A hand-job is reasonably safe because the ejaculate does not come into contact with the vagina or mouth.
Methods of infection really depend on the particular STI.
For example, HIV (which causes AIDS) cannot penetrate normal human skin. It can, however, penetrate mucous membranes and certain areas, i.e. the mouth, vagina, rectum, and inside of the foreskin. This means that if blood, ejaculate, or other bodily fluid come in contact with these areas there is a risk of infection. Saliva does not carry the virus, so you cannot become infected from kissing someone.
Some infections, such as herpes, can be transmitted through the saliva, and even through skin contact with infected genital areas (although this is less likely).
Some infections cause warts or lesions on the genitals, and touching these is always a bad idea.
If you are kissing loads of people at a party, there is a chance of getting oral herpes, but I'd be more worried about regular diseases such as the flu, mononucleosis, etc.
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reader, Biff160  +, writes (22 April 2009):
It depends on the condition. For instance, you cannot get AIDS by shaking someones hand or even kissing them but you can however get herpes this way. Also, as I understand it, there is a difference between STD and STI. STI is an infection that resides in or is transfered by the sex organs. So for example if you kiss with someone with an STI you shouldn't get ill. I could be wrong but I suppose it is just how the condition is classified.
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reader, anonymous, writes (21 April 2009): Whatever is on the surface of anything that touches your skin, exposes your body to it. So if you have something on your hand then touch yourself anywhere, you are at prime risk to transfer it to the area you touched.
Highest risks are open wounds. So any opening in the skin be it natural or injury, is at tremendous risk to receive an infection.
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