Condom effectiveness

[stupidman2010]

Even the condom package said that it is not 100% in protection of STD and HIV. Why you guys are so sure condom (assume not broken) protected vaginal sex is no risk.

[Teak]

http://www.cdc.gov/condomeffectiveness/latex.htm
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Including HIV Infection, Latex condoms, when used consistently and correctly, are highly effective in preventing the sexual transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. In addition, consistent and correct use of latex condoms reduces the risk of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including diseases transmitted by genital secretions, and to a lesser degree, genital ulcer diseases. Condom use may reduce the risk for genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and HPV-associated diseases, e.g., genital warts and cervical cancer.

Laboratory studies have demonstrated that latex condoms provide an essentially impermeable barrier to particles the size of STD pathogens.

[jennykate]

He will tell you the same thing. U had no risk. So don't worry u had protected sex and had no risk.  

[stupidman2010]

Teak?

[stupidman2010]

Thanks. So I had use condom correctly and don't have a risk?

[stupidman2010]

Thanks. So I had use condom correctly and don't have a risk?

[Teak]

Had the condom failed you would have known. No you do not need testing.

[stupidman2010]

Thanks Teak. In my case, I used separate condom for both oral and vaginal sex. I took out the condom before ejaculation and masturbate myself. I did not notice it obviously broken, but was not 100% sure it was intact.

Do I use condom correctly? Do I have a risk and need to test?  

[Teak]

No one has ever contracted HIV from using a condom correctly and consistently.

[stupidman2010]

I am confuse. Are you saying there are few cases that people contracted HIV and the condom was not. broken!!!?

[flow1987]

Because there are few (IF ANY) cases both documented here and outside of MedHelp where a person has contracted just HIV by using a condom that hasn't broke.

I don't even think we have seen a post here on MedHelp where this has happened. Personally, I haven't even seen a post on MedHelp where someone's HIV screen and confirmatory tests have returned positive when they post that they are going to get tested, and/or they are waiting for results, or they ask if they should be tested, and then go and do so. I have seen someone test positive on the screen, but come back negative on the confirmatory though, meaning they were truly negative.

At MedHelp, the community considers protected sexual encounters with intact condoms to be no risk for HIV. The package says it is not 100% because condom breaks and slippage do happen, but they are very uncommon.