Although oral sex has the lowest HIV risk activity, particularly in comparison to vaginal and anal intercourse, it still has a significant possibility of transmitting the disease. The use of protective aids such as a latex, polyurethane condoms, vaginal condoms and dental dams are effective measures to significantly reduce the risk factor involved in virus transmission when performing oral sex. If you opt to engage in oral sex without the use of protection, you should understand that the risk of transmitting HIV increases for the person performing the act if there is presence of an open wound or sores in the oral cavity. If ejaculation occurs in the mouth, the person performing the oral act is at greatest risk of contracting any kind of sexually transmitted disease that the individual receiving felatio has and is of a high risk for infection. When it comes to oral sex, the biggest risk taker for HIV transference is for the person performing the act. Clinically speaking, unless the candidate has generous amounts of blood and excretion in her/his mouth the receptive partner is unlikely to contract the disease.

The prevalence of infection during oral sex is at similar risk for another sexually transmitted disease, genital Herpes. Despite the fact that HSV-1 and HSV-2 are caused by separate strains of herpes, it is possible for either virus to infect both the oral and genital cavity. This makes oral sex a potential carrier module for genital herpes and allows the transmission of genital herpes on to the mouth of the person performing it. The difficult thing about Genital herpes is that it is primarily asymptomatic. This however doesn’t excuse for its virulence as it has a continuing shelf life and infects even if the carrier does not exhibit any herpetic symptoms. Taking prophylactic measures such as ingestion of medication for Herpes management such as Acyclovir does reduce the transmission of herpes significantly it does not eliminate the risk of transmitting the virus to another person. Condoms will reduce the risk of infection but are not completely effective in preventing it since the virus spreads from skin to skin contact.

In retrospect, unprotected oral sex puts you at a generally high risk of contracting several sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV. Reliable STD testing mechanisms can be used to detect and diagnose disease at an early age but practicing safe sex measures is the key solution to lowering your risk of STD infection dramatically. However, if this is an improbable solution for you, then getting regular STD check-ups at various STD clinics and testing centers would have to be your utmost solution.