Ligeramente preocupada porque parece que con poner un condón ya está todo hecho… Riesgos, riesgos de pillar una enfermedad de transmisión sexual (ETS) de las relaciones con hombres… Que ahora son más frecuentes…

You can, however, get STIs from oral sex, with both men and women, either orally or genitally. Many diseases and infections you can catch from intercourse (vaginal or anal sex) you can get from oral sex. Just because a lot of people don’t consider oral sex "sex" doesn’t mean it’s any safer (or that they’re right: it’s as much sex as vaginal intercourse is, after all). You should use a condom if and when you give a man oral sex, and he is a new partner (newer than the last six months) and has not had a recent STI screening. Just have him put it on before you put your mouth on his penis, and have him keep it on the whole time. You can make it just as enjoyable as if you were doing it without one if he puts a few drops of latex-safe and water-soluble lubricant inside the condom before he puts it on. For women, the easiest way to play safely is to use some saran wrap or a dental dam over the entire vulva. Again, you can still get the same sensation by using lubricant first. Even if you’re oh-so-very-sure you and your partner are safe, unless you’ve been together six months or more with no other partners, and have both tested negatively for at least that amount of time twice, chances are, you’re taking a risk. Unprotected oral sex is considered a moderate risk behavior when it comes to STIs (and the risks are higher with fellatio than with cunnilingus). If the situation is such that you have taken all of those precautions for that period of time, your risk of STIs via oral sex is far lower. So long as there are no STIs present, "swallowing" semen or female vaginal fluids cannot make you ill and does not pose other risks.

STD and STI screenings are necessary if you are sexually active, having engaged previously or presently in manual sex (AKA "fingering"), oral sex ("eating out" or "blow jobs"), vaginal sexual intercourse or anal sexual intercourse. If your partnerships are lasting longer than average for teen and young adults—you and your partner are together and monogamous for longer than six month periods—you can shift to once yearly. It is important to specify that you want a full STD and STI screen, not simply an HIV test or pap smear. Your gynecologist, doctor or general clinician can do these screenings, or you can go to a sexual health clinic to do so.

Lastly, oral herpes is incredibly common, in 1 out of 4 people, even in those who have not been sexually active. It should be treated as any sexually transmittable disease, as it is, so if you have cold sores, you need to always practice safer sex. While the risk is minimal to nil when a sore is not active, many people cannot tell when a sore is becoming active until it flares up and is visible, but Herpes is transmissible when a sore is developing and not visible.