can you catch HIV with a condom on?

Answer 1

sure can

Answer 2

It is highly unlikely as long as the condom is intact. This means that you must be sure that your condom hasn't been compromised. If it is old, been sliding around in your sock drawer for a while throw it out. Only use products approved for use with condoms, for example - ky jelly is good, vaseline is bad. Vaseline will actually break down a condom and cause tears and holes. Doubling up (wearing two) provides, guess what, double protection.

But remember, a condom only protects from what the condom catches. HIV is transmitted through bodily fluids, so if you are putting the condom on at the 'last moment' there has already been some (possibly slight, possibly more depending on the party involved) bodily fluid exchanged. If you aren't clear on what I am talking about, there are many sites on the web that can explain in detail with illustrations. (I have no idea how old you are... you may know exactly what I am talking about, or it may be years into your future... =) )

Begging pardon of the "Docter" above - I have never met a doctor (correct spelling) who would claim anything was 100%, mostly because THEY KNOW BETTER. So, before you listen to him, me, or anyone else on the Internet; check with your health care provider, whether that is your private doctor or the local clinic.

Hope that helps!

Jen

Answer 3

Yes, but.
HIV is basically a disease of quantity. You really need to get lots of the virus sloshing around to contract it. It is mainly transmitted through sex as the lining in the anus and vagina are thinner than elsewhere in the body, so are more likely to tear. Also, the activity of having sex damages the lining, so making it even more likely. That's why giving someone a ******* is a lower risk activity than unprotected sex. Less damage, thicker lining.
The condom may break, you may not put it on in time, or you may be engaged in a completely unrelated activity - so the other reply saying that condoms don't protect against drug related infection is quite true.
You are safer wearing a condom when having sex - they protect against lots of other sexually transmitted infections as well. Married couples where one partner is HIV positive have sex with condoms and can do so safely for years.
So if you are worried, then wear a condom. The thicker, the safer.
It is still safest to hold off sex until you know the person though and consider getting yourselves tested at a clinic before you have sex if you are really worried. Check out the web sources suggested.

Answer 4

There is no safe sex. Period. Even with use of a condom HIV and other STD's can still be passed from partner to partner. The chances of it passing while using a condom are lowered, but the risk is still present. Any time bodily fluids are swapped (i.e. blood, semen, vaginal fluid) there is a higher risk of infection. It has been said that you can kiss an infected person and not get infected, but that is not quite the whole truth. If you have an open sore in your mouth, and you swap saliva with an infected person, there is a chance that you can contract HIV.

I would suggest that both you and your partner go to your local clinic before you engage in sexual intercourse and get tested for every STD before you have sex. And even after that, and even if you are both STD free, still use a condom. Some people can carry the HIV virus for years without it showing up on a test. Those people are considered carriers of the virus, but the virus is just lying dormant in them for the time being. If you have unprotected sex with a carrier you can catch the disease.

Always wear a condom, know your partner (even ask them about their sexual background because if you are sleeping with them its your right to know who they have slept with), and get tested

Answer 5

There are some authorities t hat say the condom is not foolproof for prevening HIV so maybe it's a good idea to be very particular about who your partner is and certainly use a condom for the amt. of protection it can provide, under most circumstances.

Answer 6

my understanding is that if the condom is functioning properly HIV cannot be transmitted... although slippage and breakage are very possible... One thing I'm reminded of from time to time is that my neice and nephew where both conceived during use of a condom...

also remember that your partner would have to be HIV positive as well.. simple fact that we sometimes forget...

Answer 7

it is very, very unlikely.
catching HIV through straight sex, using a fully intact condom, is as likely as winning the lottery.
there are some stupid religious groups which have tried to use this anti-condom propoganda to spread their lies throughout africa (notably branches of the roman catholic church)

Answer 8

No, all these people are absolutely wrong. Condoms provide 100% coverage from STD's if they don't break or slip off.

You are safe

Answer 9

Small chance - very small!

But it does beg the question....why would you want to go to Holland and, as you put it, lose your cherry!!!

If you want to lose your cherry and put yourself at risk of catching something....why go all the way over there!! You might just as well walk down to your local 'hooker spot' and do it behind the bus shelter over here!

Answer 10

A condom will not help whilst you infect yourself with druggy needle

Answer 11

absolutely!! condoms are NOT made to keep out any std's or HIV or AIDS. there is no real safe sex with an infected person. unless you don't exchange body fluids at all.