# Hazards of a foot fetish: athlete's throat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 4, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hazards-of-a-foot-fetish-athletes-throat/243455 "2004-05-04T13:08:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![35340](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/8baadc/32.png) [@35340](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/35340)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hazards-of-a-foot-fetish-athletes-throat/243455/1 "2004-05-04T13:08:51Z")
So we did some googling and didn’t find anything definitive. Maybe ya’ll have seen/heard tell of such a cirucumstance. I have a friend (yes, really) with what he calls the ‘usual’ foot fetish. But besides the ‘usual’ things (I imagine licking and massaging and whatever) he also … eats her toenails. He said they seemed different this time (no idea) and the next day woke up with a horrid horrid sore throat. Could there be a connection? ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hazards-of-a-foot-fetish-athletes-throat/243455/2 "2004-05-04T13:16:51Z")
Reminds me of the OLD joke: What’s that disease of the foot[causing itching and burning] that is common in astronauts. Answer: missile-toes Think I need some LAME-ASIL for such a lame joke? AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH! Help! Stop me before I pun again. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hazards-of-a-foot-fetish-athletes-throat/243455/3 "2004-05-04T13:24:57Z")
I dont have an answer for that directly, but I know you can get a yeast infection in your sinus’ through oral sex.