Sex transm effect: please pay attention to those who love kissing! Deep kiss may be an important and neglected way to spread throat gonorrhea

May 13, 2019 / BIOON / - an Australian study published in the journal sexually transmitted infections shows that deep kissing may be an important way for gay and bisexual men to spread throat gonorrhea, but it has been ignored The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistant strains of gonorrhea in many countries raises concerns that the infection will become more and more difficult to treat But public health campaigns aimed at curbing the spread of gay and bisexual men's infections have focused on promoting condom use, according to the researchers, who believe most gonorrhea is transmitted through sexual activity Photo source: http://cn.bing.com in order to assess whether throat (oropharyngeal) gonorrhea may be transmitted through tongue tone, researchers collected information about new homosexual and bisexual patients in a large public sexual health service in Melbourne, Australia, in 2016-17 In the past three months, a total of 11442 men have participated in a brief survey of their sexual behavior with male partners These behaviors are classified as non sexual kissing; non sexual kissing; sexual kissing The final analysis included about 3677 completed surveys from 3091 men The proportion of patients with laryngeal gonorrhea was slightly higher than 6%; the proportion of patients with anorectal gonorrhea and urethra gonorrhea was slightly lower than 6% and nearly 3%, respectively Almost all men (95%) have kissed their partners; 70% of women only kiss their partners; more than 38% have only had sex with their partners About a quarter of men (981, slightly less than 27%) have had all three types of sex in the past three months During this period, only 52 people (1.4%) only kissed their partners But among these men, the proportion of those who tested positive for throat gonorrhea was higher than those who had sex without kissing On average, the men had four kissing partners, one having sex and five kissing partners The more times you kiss alone or with your partner, the more likely you are to be positive for throat gonorrhea After school, men with four or more kissing only partners were 46% more likely to have a positive throat gonorrhea test and 81% more likely to have four or six kissing partners than men with only one or no partners This is an observational study, so the cause cannot be determined It also involves only men in one sexual health center, so the findings may not be applicable elsewhere It also excludes other sexual behaviors that may affect the risk of infection But researchers believe that the importance of gonorrhea transmission between the throat is underestimated and ignored "Our results suggest that asexual kissing may be a risk factor for oropharyngeal gonorrhea," they wrote "They say their study provides empirical evidence for the first time that this may be an important route of transmission, and if confirmed by other studies," will open the way for preventive options such as condom independent antibacterial mouthwashes "Reference: Christopher K Fairley et al Kissing may be an important and angled risk factor for orophyrous gonorrhoea: a cross sectional study in men who have sex with men, DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053896