Kissing Infections: What Diseases Are Transmitted? Video

One of the most commonly transmitted kissing viruses is herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2. At the same time, microtraumatization of the mucous membranes allows infection to occur, especially if the carrier is experiencing a clinical manifestation of the infection. There is a known fatal case when a young man contracted the herpes simplex virus from a casual acquaintance and then died of hepatitis. The infection may not manifest itself in the body for a long time, and also manifest itself as an acute respiratory disease, while being localized in the genital area. Herpes can lead to pneumonia, kidney and adrenal damage, etc.

Also, according to a number of studies, there is a risk of catching herpesvirus type 8 from an HIV-infected person, which causes Kaposi’s sarcoma.

There is a danger of contracting syphilis from a person who has rashes of secondary syphilis in the oral cavity, red spots in the lips, which later turn into ulcers and erosion. It is often difficult to determine if syphilis was contracted through kissing. it could equally have happened through oral sex.

A common kissing disease is mononucleosis. It can appear several weeks after infection with the Epstein-Barr virus in the form of symptoms that can be easily confused with symptoms of angina: headache, weakness, fever, swollen lymph nodes. Liver damage also occurs. The Epstein-Barr virus can be in the human body for years and not manifest itself in any way. It also happens that a person has had mononucleosis, confusing it with a cold, and then continues to infect others with the virus.

Kissing can transmit an infection that causes meningitis because it is in the nasopharynx. It is also possible to transmit stomach ulcers, erosive gastritis, hepatitis, streptococci causing dental caries, etc.