Syphilis

[sanjuanboy]

If a male receives oral sex from another male, what is the likelihood that he can contract syphilis??  

[bronson23]

if you had protected sex and no chancre appeared after could you still have caught syphilis or does a chancre appear 100% of the time.

[sanjuanboy]

what I have gathered through other searches on the Internet is simply this:  syphilis can be passed on through oral sex, but it is rare.  

-----------Syphilis can be transmitted in either direction by oral-genital contact, but it's rare. ----------

-------- H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.----------





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[Vance2335]

Really an impossible question to answer.

Syphilis is rare in developed countries and does not effect the mouth all that often and when coming into contact with a syphilis sore only about 1/2 the time the infection is passed on. But unprotected oral sex does pose a risk.