A disease that can be transmitted through kissing is the Glandular Fever which is also known as the kissing disease.
Glandular fever mostly affects teenagers and young adults.
It gets better without treatment, but it can make you feel very ill and last for weeks.
Conditions, viruses and infections you can catch from Saliva include.
Rhinovirus (colds)
Flu virus.
Epstein-Barr virus (mononucleosis, or mono)
Type 1 herpes (cold sores)
Strep bacteria.
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
Cytomegalovirus (a risk for babies in the womb)
Covid-19
Kissing is safe although if you or someone has a virus such as the cold, flu, Covid-19 etc or even herpes or cold sores then you should not kiss as the viruses and diseases can be spread through kissing.
However as long as you're healthy and have no viruses or the other person is healthy too then there's nothing wrong or unsafe about kissing.
You cannot be immune to cold sores.
Herpes which is what cold sores result from is highly contagious and everyone is at risk of infection.
Herpes and colds sores are also extremely common, infecting anywhere from more than 50% of people (in the case of HSV-1) to around 11% of people (in the case of HSV-2).
You can kiss someone with hsv1 although it's not recommended as you could potentially get the hsv1 from the person you kiss.
When you or someone has hsv1 you should avoid direct skin-to-skin contact during an outbreak.
This includes kissing and oral sex, since herpes can be spread through oral action, including rimming.
In general, it's best to wait for three to four days after the cold sore scab disappears before you kiss someone or engage in oral sex.
This is because the herpes virus can continue shedding in the late stages of a cold sore healing, even if there's no viral fluid present.
Once you contract HSV-1, you have the virus for life.
While you'll always be able to spread the virus, you're most contagious when you have an active cold sore.
Although HSV-1 isn't technically an STD, you can potentially catch the virus through sex. If you receive oral sex from a person with HSV-1, there's a risk that the virus could make its way into your body through their saliva. When you acquire HSV-1 through oral sex, it leads to genital herpes rather than cold sores.
Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2, also known by their taxonomical names Human alphaherpesvirus 1 and Human alphaherpesvirus 2, are two members of the human Herpesviridae family, a set of new viruses that produce viral infections in the majority of humans.
Both HSV-1 and HSV-2 are common and contagious.
Millions of people have herpes, and plenty of them are in relationships. F
or most couples, herpes isn't a huge deal. Try to go into the conversation with a calm, positive attitude.
Having herpes is simply a health issue it doesn't say anything about you as a person.
There is no cure for HSV1, but treatments are available that can shorten the length of an outbreak and make cold sores less painful.
To reduce the risk of an outbreak, always apply sunscreen and lip balm when outdoors, and avoid stress and other illnesses as much as possible.
A positive hsv1 test means you have been infected with HSV recently or at some point in the past.
Tests can be done to help determine if you have a recent infection.
About 70% of adults have been infected by HSV-1 and have antibodies against the virus.