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Can oral sex cause or aggravate yeast infections?
(05/04/2004) by Unknown
Reprinted from Vol. XVII, No. 6 (c) 1999 DKT International, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. All Rights Reserved. November, 1998
Q: My wife and I enjoy oral sex, but we are concerned that cunnilingus may
cause or aggravate yeast infections in my wife. Is there any learning with
respect to cunnilingus being a contributing factor to yeast infections?
A. There is no evidence that points to cunnilingus causing yeast
infections. Moisture causes the problem, and not the kind or amount that
comes from a person's mouth.
This concern has been around for years, and people have heard that
cunnilingus causes or aggravates yeast infections so much that they assume
it must be true. But it's not.
The warm, moist environment of the vagina makes women prone to yeast
infections, not cunnilingus. This article appears in the following topics:
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