condoms do not protect from std's ?

Question

If condoms Do protect from std's how effective are they?

Answer 1

If used properly they are very effective in preventing STDs and pregnancy. They are not 100% effective though! Nothing is 100% effective in preventing STDs or pregnancy except abstinence.

But, there are certain STDs, like herpes and HPV, that can be spread by direct skin to skin contact. So, even if the guy is wearing a condom, it is only covering his penis and not the entire genital area. Just the rubbing back and forth of the skin during sex is enough to spread either one of these STDs.

Answer 2

Condoms would not be 100% for a disease in the std,s.
They would not protect completely on unwanted pregnancy neither. It would be a gamble.Condoms don't stay covering on all areas.I think the safest thing to do is wait until you get married and you both have had a thorough examination by a Qualified Physician.

Answer 3

The point of the condom is to keep the sperm away from the egg. As far as STDs go it is the contact that's the problem. The condom doesn't cover all of the areas that may transfer an STD.

Answer 4

It depends on the std or STI as it is now called Sexually Transmitted Infections. The focus of STI's such as HIV, Syph, Clamy....(which require an exchange of bodily fluids) and the use of condoms is that a condom serves as a barrier which separates the fluids of one person to another. Why they are not 100% is because there is always that chance of not using it properly, condom ripping, or slipping off. There are however other STI that do not require that exchange but simply contact such as crabs, and I am not sure of the name but they appear as if to ingrown hairs kind along the pubic hair area and thighs. Why I these things because i worked with a GYN for 10 years.

Answer 5

The protection of a condom from std is depends on the manufacturing of the latex itself. I have seen a documentary on the development where latex is vunarable to perforation. It's subjected to many test but latex has a drawback. Micron level of pores that can in some percentage cause contamination.

Answer 6

They really aren't great for protecting against STDs. There is still skin touching skin-allowing for the transfer of STDs. They are pretty good for preventing pregnancy, though.

Answer 7

No method of protection is 100% effective, but condoms have the highest success rate.

Answer 8

condoms do protect you from std's. not 100% and they work better with spermicide if you want to prevent pregnancy! the only way you can be protected from and std 100% is to remain abstinent

Answer 9

Condoms if used properly are very effective against std there is no other form of birth control that is as effective.

Answer 10

Natural condoms are not effective. Latex condoms are pretty effective IF they are used properly and for the entire time that there is skin to skin contact.

According to a 2004 bulletin from the World Health Organization and a 2001 report by the National Institutes of Health, individual studies found condom use reduced the risk of infection for:

Genital herpes, by 30 percent to 92 percent in women; less in men (no number given).

Gonorrhea, by 49 percent to 75 percent in men, and by 39 percent to 62 percent in women.

Chlamydia, by 26 percent to 90 percent in women and by 33 percent in men.

Pelvic inflammatory disease, by 55 percent. PID is a leading cause of infertility and is caused by gonorrhea and chlamydia infection.

Trichomoniasis, by 30 percent in women, with significant reduction in men (no number given).

Syphilis, by 40 percent to 60 percent in both sexes.

Genital ulcers (chancroid), by 18 percent to 23 percent.
There is no evidence condoms prevent human papilloma virus, HPV, a group of viruses that can cause cervical cancer but are usually killed by the immune system. Studies have shown condoms reduced risk of the genital warts caused by HPV by 30 percent in women and about 40 percent in men, and reduce the risk of cervical cancer in women.