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The proper and
consistent use of latex condoms during intercourse can can greatly
reduce a person's risk of acquiring or transmitting sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs), including HIV infection.
Question: Can condoms save lives?
Answer: Absolutely. Although controversy
persists regarding whether condoms are an effective means of preventing
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, condoms that are
readily available, effectively promoted, and used correctly and consistently,
play an important public health role in HIV prevention.
Abstinence or sexual intercourse with a mutually faithful uninfected
partner are most effective in preventing HIV infection. However, in
a national survey of adolescents, 63% of 14-21 year-olds reported
engaging in sexual intercourse. Using condoms can reduce the risk
of infection of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV,
for those people who are not abstinent.
No public health strategy can guarantee perfect protection. For instance,
the influenza vaccine is "only" 60 to 80% effective in preventing
influenza, but thousands of deaths could be prevented annually through
the wider use of this "imperfect" vaccine. The real public health
question is not are condoms 100% effective, but rather, how can we
more effectively use condoms to help prevent the spread of disease.
Question: Are condoms effective barriers?
Answer: Yes. Latex condoms are
very effective at blocking transmission of HIV because the pores in
latex condoms are too small to allow the passage of the virus. Condoms
have been shown to be effective barriers not only to HIV, the virus
that causes AIDS, but also to herpes simplex, CMV, hepatitis B, chlamydia,
and gonorrhea.
Condom failure is more often due to user failure than product failure.
Users may fail to: 1) use a condom with each act of sexual intercourse,
2) put the condom on before any genital contact occurs, or 3) completely
unroll the condom. Using drugs or alcohol can also impair judgment
and proper condom use.
To insure maximum condom efficacy, the following should be avoided:
use of oil-based lubricants (petroleum jelly, shortening, lotions)
that weaken latex; storing condoms in direct heat or sunlight; using
condoms in damaged packages or showing obvious signs of age (brittle,
sticky or discolored).
Question: Why do people not use condoms?
Answer: Mainly because of emotional
reactions or misperceptions. Results from a telephone interview of
heterosexuals in 23 urban areas with a high prevalence of AIDS found
that distrust associated with condom use was more likely among males,
African-Americans, and the less educated. Of the respondents, 54%
believed condoms might fail during intercourse, 41% complained they
reduced sexual sensation, 35% were uncomfortable buying them, and
21% felt uncomfortable putting condoms on.
Adolescent girls asking for help buying condoms, in a 1988 survey
of Washington DC drugstores, encountered resistance or condemnation
from store clerks 40% of the time.
In a study of Canadian college students, factors associated with not
using a condom included embarrassment about condom purchase, difficulty
discussing condom use with partner, use of oral contraceptives, insufficient
knowledge of HIV/STDs, and the belief that condoms interfere with
sexual pleasure. Misapprehensions can be addressed by education, frank
talk about sexuality, and better marketing and distribution of condoms.
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Please
realize that in no way are out answers a replacement for medical
attention. We only serves to educate the general public on the product
known as the "Condom".
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