Oral cancers and HPV from kissing

[Abhi_mittal]

I had french kiss with 2 of the prostitute a long time ago now i get very afraid thinking i will get hpv related cancer through it what should i do will it cause cancer?

[Abhi_mittal]

Yes but what freaks me out is that most of the oral cancer are spread by hpv nowadays is there anything i can do and prevent it or any test by which i can get to know about hpv type 16.

[auntiejessi]

Yes, but HPV isn't spread by kissing. It's by oral sex.

And again, oral cancer is rare. I don't know where you live, but in the US, there are only about 4,000 new cases of oral cancers every year, and there are 332 million people in the US.

You are spending your energy freaking out over something that isn't likely to ever happen.

Is the HPV vaccine available where you are? Get that and it will help prevent you from being infected. It protects against type 16.

[Abhi_mittal]

But there is clearly written everywhere that deep tongue kissing spreads oral hpv.
Though i had kiss for 2-3 minutes i may catch the hpv 16.
I live in India hpv vaccine is available here will it flush out the infection if i take vaccine.

Very worried
Last answer Please

[auntiejessi]

There is no current evidence that HPV is spread by kissing, and any thought of that happening is theoretical.

The vaccine will not cure you of a past infection, but will prevent future infections.

You did not get oral HPV from kissing. Even if you did, the chances of you getting oral cancer are very slim. Don't smoke and avoid heavy drinking, and your chances of getting oral cancer will be even less.

HPV clears the body within 2 years 90% of the time. By now, HPV is not in your body even if you could get it from kissing. You did not, so either way, you don't have it.

Talk to your doctor about your anxiety. Your reaction to this is out of proportion to the risk.

[Abhi_mittal]

There are evidence that oral hpv is spread through mouth to mouth kissing.

i feel very guilty that i had kiss with a prostitute should i tell this to my future wife?

Is there anything that i can do to clear oral hpv from my body

[Abhi_mittal]

Since than i also have a chronic sinusitis which is not getting over i have taken many antibiotics also but it is not going away doctor said that this is because of weak immunity but i go to gym regularly and i don’t thing that immunity is the reason

Going to visit a new doctor again.

Is there anything you can help me with?

[Sara_MHModerator]

As stated by our community leader, there is no current evidence HPV is spread through kissing and the only thing that is talked about by experts is theoretical risk which means it doesn't happen in the real world.

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