scorpiogirl72

I'm sorry to say, but you can definitely get STD's orally. People can get throat infections that are gonhorrea, you can get genital herpes in your mouth (although you're MUCH MORE likely to get oral herpes genitally... the oral herpes virus likes to live both places while the genital herpes virus is more discriminating), and while I'm not 100% sure I'd bet you can get warts on your face from coming in contact with someone who has the human papilloma virus (HPV or genital warts)..... and most important to know, you can DEFINITELY get HIV from oral sex. While oral sex is "safer" than vaginal or anal sex it is not 100% safe. Grab some saran wrap and wrap that thing up before you go down! sexuality.org has a lot of good info on STD's (and other, more fun aspects of sexuality) I highly recommend it. Getting herpes made me become an "expert" on STD's - I only wish I had become one before... I probably wouldn't have gotten it! Still, my fingers are crossed that nothing is wrong with our original poster... it really could just be some sort of other infection. Please educate yourself now and keep yourself safe.

Perhaps it's a yeast infection? Guys get those too - and antibiotics would only make it worse. Most STDs are curable if caught early (the ones caused by bacteria). The ones that are viral - HIV, herpes and warts (or HPV) are not curable. Thank god you tested negative for HIV - get tested again in 6 months to be sure. A boyfriend gave me herpes a few years ago - I thought it was the end of the world but really, it's just a minor recurring viral skin infection. 90% of the US population get cold sores on their mouth and no one treats them like a leper - that's the herpes type 1 virus in action. 20% of the population has herpes type 2 (aka genital) (1 in 5!!!) and they say that 3 out of 4 of those people don't know they have it. Safer oral sex is a drag but very important! If someone has oral herpes (and most of us do!) you can transmit it to your partner's gential area via oral sex when you have a cold sore - or even when the virus is active - and you can't always know when it's active. Get checked out for your peace of mind and whatever may be - just remember that it's not the end of the world. If you're in the clear - I'm thrilled for you and hope that you'll be as careful as you can in the future. I'm thankful I only got herpes. It could have been HIV and I'm gonna make sure there's no "next time I have unsafe sex." My partners have been cool about the herpes thing and super about having safer sex. My boyfriend doesn't have it and this after we've been together for a year. You'll be fine. {{Hugs}}