2007-01-05 15:03:26 · 16 answers · asked by laurie t 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
Absolutely not! Most likely smoking or chewing tobacco or doing drugs like coke.
2007-01-05 15:05:32 · answer #1 · answered by mac 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cancer is not a communicable disease. That is, it is not a virus or bacteria that can spread from person to person. It is a mutation of cells that has become harmful to the host. While this is a dangerous situation for the one with cancer, try as hard as you might but you will not get cancer. Whether it is you or someone else who has a loved one facing this, by all means let the kisses begin! A cancer patient will want and need every bit of positive reinforcement they can get.
2007-01-05 15:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by JamesWilliamson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
it is very unlikely that cancerous cells would manage to find their way from the other person's throat and into your throat and then to grow and take hold - apart from the general barriers to prevent the former (tendency for things in the throat to go down into the stomach to be dissolved by stomach acid - gag/cough reflex to prevent foreign material entering your lungs or throat - your own stomach acid and respiratory tract defences) - your body cells would very quickly identify any foreign cancer cells as invaders and mount a vigorous immune defence response against them.
2007-01-05 15:08:42 · answer #3 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think not....but can someone die from throat cancer? I heard it was a secondary site and the primary site for cancer is located elsewhere....
2007-01-05 15:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by miatalise12560 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you cant get cancer from kissing it is not contagious but that is a very good question and dont let anyone tell you other wise
2007-01-05 15:23:49 · answer #5 · answered by amber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. This is like asking (I'm not saying its a dumb question you're asking) whether you can get AIDS from kissing someone who is infected. Of course there are exceptions to the AIDS situation. But I digress, no.
2007-01-05 15:06:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you can't get cancer from someone else who has throat cancer because cancer is not contageous. so you will not get cancer.
2007-01-05 15:08:42 · answer #7 · answered by Nikki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no cancer dosent work like that and my husband has mouth cancer and i kiss him in the mouth
2007-01-05 23:41:34 · answer #8 · answered by mountainchowpurple 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cancer is NOT contagious.
2007-01-05 15:11:33 · answer #9 · answered by Lifesnadir 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you cannot catch cancer from another person.
2007-01-05 15:07:26 · answer #10 · answered by Lucky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋