Bacio Disease: See care to enjoy the carnival without risk

Since it is an area with mucous membrane, the mouth is the gateway for a series of infections. And the kiss is the perfect vehicle for this. According to the infectoologist and professor of medicine at the University of Positive (UP), Marcelo DucroquetA series of infectious diseases can be transmitted through that kiss to the sound of a samba or an exé. And the most worrying thing is that many of these infections have no symptoms, while others are transmitted even without them. The most famous of these pathologies is the one that has become known as “disease to be kissing”, although the official name is mononucleosis.

“It is caused by the Eptein-Barr virus and can be transmitted through saliva. Some of the symptoms are coughing, swollen lymph nodes, tiredness, sore throat, loss of appetite, liver inflammation and spleen hypertrophy,” details the expert. Most people who contract this disease are between 15 and 25 years old and, once this happens, the virus is in the body for the rest of his life.

But this is not the only infection transmitted by the kiss. “The most common of the kisses transmitted by the kiss is the cold, which each has one, two or three times a year. A little more serious than that, even a respiratory disease, is the influence. This, once every five or ten years, if you do not take the vaccine. I notify.

Diseases transmitted from saliva

In addition to respiratory issues, there are other types of disease transmitted by saliva. Herpes Simplex, for example, is also a risk. Those who have the disease often have bubbles on the lips that can be very painful. They will disappear and reappear often, and although some drugs help to control the discomfort, the problem has no care. Another oral transmission infection is cytomegalovirus, with symptoms such as bodies and fever. “They are not very serious diseases, but once infected, there is no cure and you can become a transmitter. So these viruses have a high circulation, because they cannot be eliminated from the body and are often transmitted even when the carrier has no symptoms,” he explains.

Prevention

To protect you, it is not enough to rely on the good oral hygiene of others or even whip in brushing and in the wire. “Most of these diseases are not visible and there is no way to know who he has and who does not have. It is important to observe whether the person you kiss does not have, for example, an injury to the mouth, which is common in the case of herpes, but in general, those who kiss strangers do not have practical means to avoid taking these diseases.”clarifies the ducroquet. It also underlines that in Carnival or outside it, the greatest concern should always be with sexual transmission infections (IST). These can be prevented with the correct use of condoms.

* Source: Advisory