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Kissing is definitely a step in the right direction if you’re wanting to take a platonic relationship to the next level, but a growing number of doctors and researchers warn that indiscriminate smooching can make you sick or even kill you.
Here, from the respected Journal of Contagious Diseases, are five hair-raising illnesses that you can catch while making kissy-face, even on your first date:
1. Genital herpes, which, contrary to popular belief, can be transmitted by kissing a person who picked up the virus after a lusty round of oral sex with one or more of the 55 million Americans who have GH. Stay healthy by not kissing anyone with lesions in their mouth or throat or on their lips or chin.
2. Mononucleosis – the famed “kissing disease” of the 1950s and ’60s – is back with a vengeance after years of pretty much lying dormant. Doctors say it causes extreme fatigue and depression that can last for months. Protect yourself by kissing only bubbly, energetic people.
3. Trenchmouth, or, as it is called in polite society, “gum disease.” Most men and women over … story continues, click to read Icky Diseases You Can Catch from Kissing …
