Oral Sex More Trigger Cancer Risk in Men

Virus triggers cervical cancer can also be transmitted through oral sex and oral cancer trigger. If cervical cancer is only suffered by women, cancer of the mouth caused by the same virus infection was more susceptible experienced men.

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is one cause of cervical cancer or cervical cancer, which was later known can be transmitted through oral sex., this virus can be believed to trigger cancer of the tongue, throat cancer and throat cancer.

Transmission rate of HPV infection in the mouth it has increased in the last 8 years. Recent survey of 5579 people in the United States shows, 7 percent of the population aged 14-69 years have been infected with this virus and among the male figure of 10 percent.

The difference in level of transmission in men and women also need special attention, because the researchers from Ohio State University who conducted the survey found a trend that men are more susceptible of contracting. It is said, men are five times more at risk than women.

The risk of HPV infection that attacks the mouth and surrounding areas are also associated with sexual behavior. People who frequently engage in oral sex or by mouth 2 times more at risk, whereas mutually couples up to 20 times can increase the risk by 20 percent.

Worries over the risk of transmission of the virus actually causes this cancer has long been a conversation. Texas Governor Rick Perry early in 2011 even once sparked controversy by supporting mandatory HPV vaccination for men, which would normally only intended for women.

Some believe that the idea was redundant, because in general HPV infection that attacks the very small mouth that is only 1 percent of the general population and only 1.6 percent of all men. Even from an already infected with HPV, not all develop into oral cancer.