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Oral sex is causing an oral cancer epidemic in men by outwitting natural defenses
Sac Bee ^ | 3/8/2018 | Marie McCullough

Posted on 03/08/2018 2:39:41 PM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001

Five years ago, when actor Michael Douglas candidly revealed that his throat cancer was linked to having oral sex, two things happened.

He made headlines that mortified his family. And he helped publicize the fact that a pervasive, sexually transmitted virus called HPV was unleashing an epidemic of oral cancer among men.

Since then, scientists have made headway in figuring out why HPV, the human papillomavirus, has this glaring gender bias. Men are four times more likely than women to be diagnosed with oral cancer, a hard-to-detect, hard-to-treat disease that has overtaken cervical cancer as the most common HPV-related malignancy in the United States.

To be sure, changes in sexual norms over the last few generations have played a role in this alarming trend. But research increasingly shows the real problem is something men have practically no control over: their immune response.

(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: hpv
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To: originalbuckeye

Thanks, One can be pro vaccination and still object to the push to have children vaccinated against HPV. I also object to the Hep B vaccine for adolescents. The assumption behind both of these is early sexual behavior.


61 posted on 03/08/2018 3:23:15 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"junk" ?

Terrible word to use to describe genitals!

62 posted on 03/08/2018 3:23:51 PM PST by TruthWillWin
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To: nickcarraway

“Men don’t get routine medical tests as frequently as women, right?”

Men get pap smears of their mouths?


63 posted on 03/08/2018 3:23:58 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

My dentist is very diligent. A large part of the population carries one or more of the various HPV viruses. A large segment of them claim that they never had oral sex in any form. I find that interesting. Of course people lie about sex probably more than any other subject. Old but interesting article:
https://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/news/20070702/spermicides-may-ease-hpv-transmission#1


64 posted on 03/08/2018 3:25:49 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (We need common sense FBI reform.)
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001

Marry a virgin with no active history, no worries. It’s like being debt free.


65 posted on 03/08/2018 3:25:51 PM PST by lurk
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To: slumber1

I just told my wife about this and she thought I was crazy to even ask the question, boy or girl because she says women carry HPV far more than men. She also had heard about this for years and thought I was crazy again for not knowing about it.


67 posted on 03/08/2018 3:27:01 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: lastchance

Yes. I get really fed up with the Leftist meme ‘they’re going to do it anyway’. I know of several young men, now in their early 30’s, who saved themselves for marriage. I think it usually is associated with religious beliefs. Not a bad thing for both young men and young women. I also was appalled when Sharon Stone said (I think it was on a late night show) that every home should just have a big box of condoms, in an out of the way place, so the teens in the home could take a condom and it wouldn’t be immediately noticed. Hollywood and other Leftists have not been good influences on the youth of America.


68 posted on 03/08/2018 3:29:50 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: PresidentFelon

She should willing to be screened for hpv


69 posted on 03/08/2018 3:30:21 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Smart and thorough Dentist. Good idea.


70 posted on 03/08/2018 3:30:52 PM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.)
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To: RetiredArmy

No. Nothing in the article even implies that he was performing oral sex on men.


71 posted on 03/08/2018 3:31:55 PM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001
The linked article does not make clear that most men, including Michael Douglas, got oral cancer by having oral sex with women - NOT oral sex with men.

Like a lot of young men in the liberated 60s and 70s, I discovered early that many young women have difficulty achieving orgasm during intercourse.

However, close to 100% of young women achieve orgasm during oral sex, if it is done correctly.

I have thought frequently about getting the HPV vaccine since those viruses can live inside your body as long as you are alive.

I'm not sure if Medicare covers those shots or not. I do recall the shots were really expensive if you paid out of pocket.

72 posted on 03/08/2018 3:32:04 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: Bonemaker

This isn’t Stormfront.


73 posted on 03/08/2018 3:33:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Wilderness Conservative

“Just keep an eye out for any trouble spots. Make sure your dentist examines you at least twice a year.”

Yeah, if you notice a cherry red chancre with a lime green exudate go eat somewhere else.


74 posted on 03/08/2018 3:33:40 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: slumber1

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/michael-douglas-oral-sex-caused-my-throat-cancer/news-story/286cf74bfb0dfe8775d778cfc9fa9a23

cunnilingus


75 posted on 03/08/2018 3:34:43 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

“Some really ignorant comments on this thread. Fyi, oral sex on a woman who is infected with HPV will be passed onto the muncher. It lies dormant for decades and will then morph into oral cancer. Men are more susceptible than women for this to happen. Think about it guys. Think of every woman you were with over your lifetime. Any one of them could have left you with a little surprise.”

Ulp!


76 posted on 03/08/2018 3:35:16 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001
Do Queer things. Get queer diseases.

ML/NJ

77 posted on 03/08/2018 3:35:33 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: beergarden
BTW, gays are not men.

Well, if you include all the humans who prefer to "mate" with members of the same sex as "gay", I can tell you that I've seen quite a few female gays that are pretty manly looking.

78 posted on 03/08/2018 3:37:01 PM PST by ssaftler (Just another sunny day in the land of the fruits, nuts, flakes and illegals.)
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To: SERKIT

A sewer runs through it.


79 posted on 03/08/2018 3:37:27 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: ml/nj

Heterosexuals get it too.


80 posted on 03/08/2018 3:38:00 PM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001 ( Thank GOD Hillary didn't get elected!)
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