CONTINOUS AND PROPER USE OF MALE LATEX CONDOMS GIVE PROTECTION AGAINST STD'S AND HIV INFECTIONS

Male Latext Condoms

Continuous and proper use of male latex condoms won’t provide 100% protection against any STD’s and HIV transmissions or infections, but to a very greater extent male latex condoms will decrease the transmission of several STD’s and HIV infections.  And there is another better way to prevents STD’s and HIV without using condoms that is maintaining long-term sexual relations with only one uninfected partner.

According to evidence that CDC got from several studies shows that, latex condoms provide an effective protection against even the smallest STD pathogens. And there is higher rate of HIV transmission in nonusers than condom users (consistently and correctly) who have HIV-infected sex partners.As we known male latex condoms wouldn’t give complete protection, but highly effective against STD’s that transmitted through genitals fluidExamples;   gonorrhoea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, and HIV infection than against infections that are transmitted primarily by skin-to-skin contact Examples;  syphilis, genital herpes, human papillomavirus [HPV] infection and chancroid.

INCONSISTENT USE

STD’s and HIV very easily transmitted in single encounter with infected partner. So use male latex condoms continuously.

IMPROPER USE

Male latex condom protection greatly, if there is condom breakage, slippage, leakage and most importantly failure to use condoms throughout the entire sex act, from start (of sexual contact) to finish (after ejaculation).

HOW TO USE CONDOMS CORRECTLY AND CONSISTENTLY

1.    Use a new condom for every act of vaginal, anal and oral sex throughout the entire sex act (from start to finish). Before any genital contact, put the condom on the tip of the erect penis with the rolled side out.
2.    If the condom does not have a reservoir tip, pinch the tip enough to leave a half-inch space for semen to collect. Holding the tip, unroll the condom all the way to the base of the erect penis.
3.    After ejaculation and before the penis gets soft, grip the rim of the condom and carefully withdraw. Then gently pull the condom off the penis, making sure that semen doesn't spill out.
4.    Wrap the condom in a tissue and throw it in the trash where others won't handle it.
5.    If you feel the condom break at any point during sexual activity, stop immediately, withdraw, remove the broken condom, and put on a new condom.
6.    Ensure that adequate lubrication is used during vaginal and anal sex, which might require water-based lubricants. Oil-based lubricants (e.g., petroleum jelly, shortening, mineral oil, massage oils, body lotions, and cooking oil) should not be used because they can weaken latex, causing breakage.

Source; http://www.cdc.gov/condomeffectiveness/brief.html?s_CID=tw_STD0131391