Hollywood
actor Michael Douglas has claimed that his throat cancer was caused by
performing oral sex on women.The star, who fought a six month battle
with the disease from August 2010 until January 2011, had initially
believed that it was his years of smoking and drinking that had lead to
the illness.
However, in a
new interview the 68-year-old said that the particular strain he had
suffered with was caused by human papilloma virus (HPV), the most common
sexually transmitted disease in the U.S..Last year Cancer Research UK
said that the rising rates of HPV-positive cases of oral cancer could be
linked to oral sex. World Health Organisation figures have also linked
HPV to more than 5 per cent of cancers worldwide.
HPV can be
passed between men and women by genital contact, most often during
vaginal and anal sex. It may also be passed on during oral sex and
genital-to-genital contact. HPV can be passed on between straight and
same-sex partners - even when the infected person shows no
symptoms.Douglas made the frank admission about how he developed the
illness during an interview with The Guardian newspaper when he was
asked if he had regretted smoking and drinking in the past.
This will be a new excuse for men with their girlfriends
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