Another Good Thing about Kissing: It Spreads Germs
A kiss is the touching of one’s lips to another person or object, used to express love, passion, affection, respect, greeting, and good luck. However, scientists believe kissing developed to spread germs and build up immunity to illness.
It isn’t the most romantic theory, but scientists believe kissing was developed to spread germs which build up immunity to illness.
They say the gesture allows a bug named Cytomegalovirus, which is dangerous in pregnancy, to be passed from man to woman to give her time to build up protection against it.
The bug is found in saliva and normally causes no problems. But it can be extremely dangerous if caught while pregnant and can kill unborn babies or cause birth defects. Read more
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Tags: Cytomegalovirus, immunity, kissing, pregancy
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