Infection You can Contract Even If you use Condon during sexual intercourse
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are also called Sexually transmitted infections (STIs). They are infections you get from another person through sexual encounters.
This disease is caused by bacteria and viruses that grow in warm, moist places in the body. They move from one person to another through sex.
Source: Michigan Medicine
These diseases are spread from the penis, vagina, mouth or anus. These infections can be mild or they can be very painful and even life-endangering.
They are spread through fluids in the body. Mostly shared during oral, anal or vaginal sex. They also pass through blood for example if you use a needle that has been used by an infected person.
The tendency of having the infection that particular person carries is high, mother can infect her child during pregnancy or while nursing the child.
There Are Some STIs and STDs That Condoms Don’t Always Prevent
While condoms do protect against most sexually transmitted infections (STIs), some infections can be passed through skin-on-skin contact alone. It is necessary to get clued up on which STIs you may be at risk of.
The primary function of a condom is to stop the transmission of bodily fluids such as semen, vaginal secretions, and blood. In turn, this can help to avoid pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during sexual intercourse.
Transmission of most STIs, such as Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea, can be prevented with a condom. When used correctly, condoms are around 98% effective.
However, even if a condom is worn during sexual contact or intercourse, some infections can be passed by skin-to-skin contact.
How effective condoms are
When used perfectly, external condoms are estimated to be 98 per cent effective. The missing 2 per cent here accounts for the fact that some condoms rip or break off during sex.
Most pleasure-seekers, however, don’t always put the condom on at the right time, in the right way, or remove it correctly. With typical use, external condoms are 85 per cent effective.
How STIs spread
All STIs spread through skin-to-skin contact or the transmission of bodily fluids. (And, in some cases, both.)
STIs spread through skin-to-skin contact
- HPV
- Herpes simplex virus (HSV)
- Trichomoniasis
- HIV
- Syphilis
- Molluscum contagiosum
STIs spread through bodily fluids
- HPV
- HSV
- Trichomoniasis
- HIV
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhoea
- Hepatitis B
Even when Condon is used perfectly, they are pretty darn efficacious at preventing the transmission of STIs through bodily fluids.
However, even when Condon are used perfectly, they don’t cover all the genital skin (such as the testicles in men).
This mean if an STI spread through skin-to-skin contact, and viral particles are let on a part of the body the condom *doesn’t* cover, transmission is very possible.
For instance, if someone has a herpes outbreak on their testicles. This part of the body isn’t covered by a condom, even if the condom is being used correctly. So, if their testicles touch someone’s vulva or anus during sex, the virus could be transmitted.
If you are sexually active you should get tested regularly even if you practice safe sex. This is necessary just in case your partner is another partner you are not aware of.
You should get tested every 6 months, this isn’t just to avoid passing STI or even getting it alone, this is also important to prevent an infection from having a greater impact on your health.
When some STDs are not treated for a long time, it can lead to infertility, so you must catch them early before they do more damage to you.
