Is it dangerous to kiss?

According to scientists, behind the wonderful effects of kissing, you are also facing a lot of risks when kissing partners. It is worth mentioning that few people pay attention to this and are making health seriously affected.

Unexpected effects behind sweet kiss

1. Kiss easily spread bacteria

According to Dutch researchers, a 'lip lock' kiss can convert about 80 million bacteria from one person to another.

The mouth is the "home" of more than 700 different types of bacteria and the whole body is home to more than 100,000 billion bacteria that can play an active role as bacteria and can also be a germ of disease. .

'Kissing someone is a careful consideration' , in American high schools, people often say that. Because in some schools, mononucleosis is spreading. Students who are sick are allowed to miss school for one month. People call mono disease 'kissing disease'.

Mono disease caused by Epstein-Barr virus infection (EBV). After EBV infection, there are usually no symptoms. EBV virus is present in saliva and spread when people kiss. Mono is not contagious but can be infected through coughing and sneezing.

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EBV virus is present in saliva and some other pathogenic viruses can spread when people kiss.(Illustration).

2. Easy to get allergies

Although kissing allergies often occur in people who are allergic to food or certain drugs, when the partner has just used those foods or drugs before kissing, you need to be extremely careful. kidney. Its symptoms are usually swelling of the lips or throat, rash, hives, itching, difficulty breathing. Even kissing allergies can cause coma, life-threatening

In fact, some patients have allergies even when their partners have brushed their teeth for hours. This proves that saliva is secreted in the saliva, when food is absorbed into the partner's body. Therefore, people with chronic allergies or a history of allergies should be careful with the kiss.

3. Virus Herpes

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Kiss is one of the sources of bacteria that few people suspect.

Kisses can cause you to have a mouth sore. Mouth sores caused by the Herpes simplex virus HSV (type 1) cause often transmitted through saliva. It takes 3 days to 1 week for mouth sores to develop around and inside the mouth. When the herpes virus enters the body, they will stay, not active until they are reactivated and new mouth sores form again.

Active mouth sore factors include stress, sunshine, injury, and illness.

4. Transmission of glandular fever

The kiss also spreads the Epstein-Barr EBV virus , causing gland fever, also known as leukemia . If a person has a glandular fever, you may experience symptoms such as fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes in the neck.

You can still carry the virus after symptoms disappear and can spread the fever to others for weeks or months afterwards.

5. Easy to get heart and stomach disease when kissing

Stomach tumors caused by H. pylori are linked to heart disease and stomach cancer. The latest research shows that the ability to spread this deadly bacterium through the path of 'kissing' is very high.

6. Kissing spreads flu easily

Influenza viruses are the most contagious viruses, just through the airways that can spread from one person to another. And the kiss gave the ugly virus a chance to run faster than ever.

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Baby may be in danger from kisses

7. Virus attacks the liver

Kisses are easy to cause respiratory infections, like colds. Although saliva does not carry much of the hepatitis B virus with blood, it can still be transmitted through kissing.

Once the liver is attacked by virus, you will have symptoms such as jaundice, fatigue, abdominal pain, nausea, anorexia, fever.

8. Rubella

You can also get rubella (Rubella) if you swallow saliva when an infected person coughs or talks. And kissing with someone who is sick will definitely put you at risk. If you have been vaccinated, the risk will be less, but you should also be careful because vaccination cannot protect 100%.

Special attention to pregnant women in the first 3 months, Rubella virus can cause the baby to develop abnormally, for example, can cause deafness in children.

9. Easy to get dental disease when kissing

The sores on the lips always contain dangerous pathogens when the two kiss passionately. The most common is the Herpes Simplex virus infection with symptoms such as lip sores, mouths that cause pain and discomfort. In addition, it also provides the opportunity for bacteria to cause tooth decay and tooth enamel to multiply and develop.