JRL, its not my statement RJ, it comes from the medical STI sites. What it says is STIs have a difficult time surviving in the mouth. Of course, the mouth is the entry point but if the virus doesnt make its way and latch on in the throat, it cant survive and thrive in the mouth.
Anyone can read the Universities medical links on STIs. Thats where the majoritybof the research is done.
Originally Posted by MrNyceGuy
Yea, yea! Been there, done that back in my misspent youth.
A lot of stuff grows in the mouth, and in the gut. But it doesn't make us sick. That was my point. It was obvious you gone to a computer and looked it up like all the young kids that think they know something because they saw it on the computer. But, the more one reads the more one understands.
In my example, the organism I identified in my mouth had a name that included Gonoccus. Wow, I became concerned. The Professor told me to hold on, it was related but not the species that caused gonorrhea. He told me it was quite common to find such stuff in the mouth. That was the point of the experiment.
Indeed, the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) procedure allows for the reporting of only specific strains of bacteria after completion of specific tests that eliminate other strains. Just because there are a lot of defenses in the mouth does not mean that bacteria doesn't grow there, or that one will not find those strains that initiate disease.
Numerous bacteria strains will be found with every mouth culture - in everyone.
Doesn't your Dentist talk to you about brushing your teeth. My Dentist gives me a new tooth brush with every visit, three times a year.
Open up, what to your teeth look like?
Also, It doesn't hurt to brush your teeth after sex, and to brush our tongue too. At least that is what my Marine Corps Drill Instructor told us before we were allowed to leave booth camp for our first liberty. I often wondered about that, did he mean sex with a woman, or any sex?
Don't think I wanta think about that.
JR