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> Experts point to the advent of dating apps, less condom use and an increase in meth. This comes with the explosion of casual sex in recent times. Also STI th

> Experts point to the advent of dating apps, less condom use and an increase in meth. This comes with the explosion of casual sex in recent times. Also STI throat cancers are on the rise from the explosion of oral sex. [1] maybe due to the novel widespread availability of internet video pornography and increased normalization in media relative to past decades. [1] https://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/news/20090729/oral-sex-cause-throat-cancer-rise https://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/ne...

ycombinete 6y ago
I'm quite sure the normalisation of analingus, and general anal play, in the media will also see a corresponding rise in intestinal parasites in years to come!
- valarauko 6y ago
  A rise in intestinal parasites might also help bring regulate autoimmune disorders & inflammatory conditions. C diff troubles? Analingus - just what the doctor ordered.
  - Redoubts 6y ago
    Really was a case of ligma after all.
- CyberRabbi 6y ago
  Reminds me of this article I read: http://www.newnownext.com/ive-contracted-my-third-gastrointestinal-parasite-from-rimming-and-i-cant-be-the-only-gay-man-suffering/01/2018/ http://www.newnownext.com/ive-contracted-my-third-gastrointe...
ahelwer 6y ago
There is no such explosion. Younger people are having less sex than the older generation. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2767066 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...
- CyberRabbi 6y ago
  That’s interesting. It may be the case that sexual activity is decreasing per capita but unprotected casual sex with distant strangers is increasing as a percentage of all sexual activity. I wonder if the decrease in male sexual activity is associated with the observed decrease in male testosterone levels (and sperm counts): https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59fcc5fbe4b0d467d4c224b3 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59fcc5fbe4b0d467d4c224b3
- CodeGlitch 6y ago
  Parent posted didn't mention age...
  - ahelwer 6y ago
    The article isn't about how old people are getting syphilis.
est31 6y ago
FTR that article is from 2009, which is only three years after the arrival of the first HPV vaccine (2006). I'm not sure when broad vaccinations have started, seems around that time. For boys/men they started even later. Furthermore, these cancers often have incubation times of years to decades, so we still don't see the full effect of the vaccination campaign. A newer source would certainly be helpful.
- CyberRabbi 6y ago
  This trend has continued in a more recent analysis of the data (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915a1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915a1.htm): > During 2007–2016, the incidence of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx combined increased, despite decreases in several anatomic sites, including the nasopharynx, hypopharynx, lip, and floor of mouth. The overall increase appears to be driven by increases in cancers of the tonsil, base of tongue, oropharynx, and other cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, which are HPV-associated, as well as by those of gum and anterior tongue.
  - est31 6y ago
    Thanks for linking this study. It seems at first that it proves your point, but note that not everyone is vaccinated against HPV. Older people in fact aren't. If you look at table 2, you'll see that cancer rates have gone up for the general population, but in the group aged 20-39, the rates have gone down for many cancers. I put this onto the high vaccination rates in that population. The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population, so I expect this decline to continue.
    - CyberRabbi 6y ago
      > It seems at first that it proves your point, but note that not everyone is vaccinated against HPV The efficacy of the HPV vaccine in preventing throat cancer doesn’t refute the observation that practicing oral sex increases one’s likelihood of contracting throat cancer. > I put this onto the high vaccination rates in that population. I don’t think you can draw that conclusion from this data. > The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population Can you provide a source?

ycombinete 6y ago

I'm quite sure the normalisation of analingus, and general anal play, in the media will also see a corresponding rise in intestinal parasites in years to come!

valarauko 6y ago
A rise in intestinal parasites might also help bring regulate autoimmune disorders & inflammatory conditions. C diff troubles? Analingus - just what the doctor ordered.
- Redoubts 6y ago
  Really was a case of ligma after all.
CyberRabbi 6y ago
Reminds me of this article I read: http://www.newnownext.com/ive-contracted-my-third-gastrointestinal-parasite-from-rimming-and-i-cant-be-the-only-gay-man-suffering/01/2018/ http://www.newnownext.com/ive-contracted-my-third-gastrointe...

ahelwer 6y ago

There is no such explosion. Younger people are having less sex than the older generation. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2767066 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...

CyberRabbi 6y ago
That’s interesting. It may be the case that sexual activity is decreasing per capita but unprotected casual sex with distant strangers is increasing as a percentage of all sexual activity. I wonder if the decrease in male sexual activity is associated with the observed decrease in male testosterone levels (and sperm counts): https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59fcc5fbe4b0d467d4c224b3 https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_59fcc5fbe4b0d467d4c224b3
CodeGlitch 6y ago
Parent posted didn't mention age...
- ahelwer 6y ago
  The article isn't about how old people are getting syphilis.

est31 6y ago

FTR that article is from 2009, which is only three years after the arrival of the first HPV vaccine (2006). I'm not sure when broad vaccinations have started, seems around that time. For boys/men they started even later. Furthermore, these cancers often have incubation times of years to decades, so we still don't see the full effect of the vaccination campaign. A newer source would certainly be helpful.

CyberRabbi 6y ago
This trend has continued in a more recent analysis of the data (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915a1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6915a1.htm): > During 2007–2016, the incidence of cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx combined increased, despite decreases in several anatomic sites, including the nasopharynx, hypopharynx, lip, and floor of mouth. The overall increase appears to be driven by increases in cancers of the tonsil, base of tongue, oropharynx, and other cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx, which are HPV-associated, as well as by those of gum and anterior tongue.
- est31 6y ago
  Thanks for linking this study. It seems at first that it proves your point, but note that not everyone is vaccinated against HPV. Older people in fact aren't. If you look at table 2, you'll see that cancer rates have gone up for the general population, but in the group aged 20-39, the rates have gone down for many cancers. I put this onto the high vaccination rates in that population. The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population, so I expect this decline to continue.
  - CyberRabbi 6y ago
    > It seems at first that it proves your point, but note that not everyone is vaccinated against HPV The efficacy of the HPV vaccine in preventing throat cancer doesn’t refute the observation that practicing oral sex increases one’s likelihood of contracting throat cancer. > I put this onto the high vaccination rates in that population. I don’t think you can draw that conclusion from this data. > The data is only from 2016, and in the 2013-2018 period there has been a big jump in vaccination rates in the 18-26 population Can you provide a source?