A romantic kiss can increase the bond of love and intimacy between you and your partner. Not only that, romantic kisses can also provide benefits to your physical and mental health.
Hugging or kissing is one of the most basic ways to express love for your partner. There are many reasons for you to often kiss with your partner, whether it's just a kiss on the cheek or biting each other's lips. One reason is to obtain the health benefits of kissing.
Benefits of a Romantic Kiss
Let's discuss one by one about the benefits of romantic kisses for health, both physically and psychologically. Here is the explanation:
1. Help maintain oral health
Kissing stimulates the production of saliva, thereby helping to clean harmful bacteria from your teeth and reducing the risk of plaque buildup. This buildup of plaque causes cavities. However, that does not mean a romantic kiss can replace the benefits of brushing your teeth. You still have to brush your teeth regularly to maintain oral hygiene and health.
2. Reduce allergy symptoms
Kissing on the lips with a partner for 30 minutes is believed to reduce allergy symptoms. Symptoms include itchy eyes, runny nose, and other symptoms that suggest a mild allergy or atopic eczema. So, there's nothing wrong with replacing your allergy symptom-reducing medications with frequent romantic kisses.
3. Relieve pain
Kissing and hugging your partner can release the hormone oxytocin. This hormone can relieve pain. Oxytocin is also thought to help reduce anxiety and depression.
4. Boost immunity
When kissing, you and your partner share the same microbiota (good germs that inhabit the body) and are exposed to new germs through saliva and tongue. This can stimulate the body to strengthen the immune system.
5. Reduce stress
Having a romantic kiss with a partner has been shown to lower cortisol levels, a hormone associated with stress. A romantic kiss with your partner can be done at any time, including when you are having a bad day. Thus, the stress level will be reduced.
6. Strengthen the relationship
The hormone oxytocin that is released when kissing also makes feelings of love and affection grow. That way, the quality and longevity of the romantic relationship with your partner will increase.
7. Increase self-confidence
Besides making you happy and reducing stress, kissing your partner can also make you more confident.
8. Is he/she the one?
Want to know if he is the person you've been looking for? Kissing can be one of the benchmarks. According to research, kissing can help you judge whether someone is compatible with you as a partner or not.
Diseases that can be transmitted through kissing
In addition to the benefits already mentioned above, there are also dangers of having a romantic kiss. Kissing allows you and your partner to transmit disease to each other through saliva or open sores in the mouth.
Some diseases that can be spread through kissing are hepatitis B, herpes, infection Cytomegalovirus, toothache, influenza, and warts.
So that a passionate romantic kiss does not turn into a threat of disease, adhere to the following signs:
- Don't kiss if you or your partner have warts, ulcers, or sores around the lips and mouth.
- Don't kiss when you or your partner is sick.
- Always keep your mouth clean and healthy.
- Don't kiss when your gums or mouth are bleeding.
- Get vaccinated to prevent infectious diseases, such as hepatitis B, flu, and smallpox.
Indeed, there are many benefits of a romantic kiss for physical and mental health, but of course also for intimacy with a partner. However, to prevent the risk of disease transmission through kissing, don't forget to apply some of the tips above.
