Condoms can prevent sexually transmitted diseases? Traditional latex condoms unsafe
 
 
 
   Yunnan Xinhua Channel (2009-04-14) Source: Health Net 39
 
  
     People generally believe that condoms and condom is one thing, just different name, but in fact, the traditional natural latex condoms to block sexually transmitted diseases in the area of effect, is being increasingly questioned the results of the study. China's Zhu Qi Fellow of Institute of the Secretary-General pointed out that condoms known as the "condom" is not science. The results have shown that the use of condoms to prevent AIDS, hepatitis B, condyloma acuminatum of the failure rate is much higher than the prevention of pregnancy, condoms, condoms ≠.

     The role of traditional latex condoms is the barrier, as long as the proper use of a certain extent, will be able to block the spread of the virus. Existing medical conditions, in the absence of preventive measures and better circumstances, in order to reduce sexually transmitted diseases, increase in the relative safety of a large number of countries to promote the use of condoms have been widely accepted by the Government.

     However, the condom barrier effect of the virus or how? Whether the barrier can do 100% of all viruses?

     Condoms in contraception, prevention of sexual transmission of disease to human beings and so on made an important contribution, however, to prevent it in the male semen into the female reproductive tract, but also possible "sets" take women's health.

     Let us take a look at some of the world's leading medical journal published the results of the study: "New England Journal of Medicine" report the failure of condoms to prevent AIDS rate of 16.7 percent, "British Journal of Social Sciences," the report of condoms to prevent AIDS failure rate as high as 31%. U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (US-AID) to form a special team of the scientific study of the condoms hepatitis B, AIDS, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereal disease, genital herpes and condyloma and other 9 kinds of sexually transmitted diseases, the protective effect and found that the current widespread use of condoms is not safe and effective to prevent any the spread of a venereal disease! July 20, 2001, the special committee and with the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly issued a report, saying: There is no scientific evidence that condoms can effectively prevent the majority of sexually transmitted diseases.

     The reason, there are three points:

     First, AIDS, hepatitis B, human papilloma virus, such as sperm than smaller condoms to block the sperm may not be able to block viruses. Tradition more than 100 million condoms each about more than 120 nano-aperture, the existence of its body latex membrane nano-5-7000 between the natural fissures, can only be similar to the diameter of human sperm size particles (diameter about 3000 nm) the effective barrier , and the diameter equal to or less than 120 nm particles and can not be completely separated, that is, 42 nm hepatitis B virus, 50 human papilloma virus 55 nm, 120 nm is entirely possible for HIV to penetrate the traditional natural rubber latex condoms;

     Second, the HIV virus can be penetrated through a number of ways in genital mucosa, skin, sperm into the fallopian tube and only the only access to this;

     Third, pregnancy ovulation by time constraints, while HIV infection is not subject to any time limit. These factors have determined that even if the correct use of condoms, HIV, hepatitis B, human papilloma virus, such as a higher probability than the pregnancy.

     Not only that, the German Institute for risk assessment study on the disclosure of a new message: latex condoms in the curing process can produce a cancer-causing substances - nitrosamines. Animal experiments have shown that in the partial application of the skin and mucous membrane of about 1g total nitrosamines will be induced by local or systemic tumors, especially liver tumors. The release of nitrosamines from condoms, although this measurement did not reach far, but if the number of frequent use, there are still potential risks of induced tumors. In addition, some of the latex protein allergy in the crowd after the use of latex condoms is likely to be allergic. Traditional condoms were acidic, would undermine women's vaginal acid-base balance and easy to induce a variety of gynecological diseases

     It seems that density is not sufficient to effectively block HIV, hepatitis B virus, etc.; the existence of carcinogenic nitrosamines; latex protein allergy cited; and natural subalkalic latex condom, latex has become a traditional contraceptive can not overcome the 4 sets of large defects. Latex condoms does not mean that traditional security! (END)