“We say it because people do it: don’t wash or reuse your condoms ! Use a new one for each act of sex. “The Center for the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (CDC) hammers this message into an information campaign on social media and insists: the condom must remain single use. This advice may seem strange as it seems obvious, but in the United States the tendency to “recycle” one’s condom is very real, to the point that the American health authorities have seen fit to beat the recall on the correct use of condoms.
The latex sheath is fragile and cannot withstand washing. Reused, even after intercourse without ejaculation, the oral contraceptive no longer plays its role of protecting sexually transmitted infections. Not to mention that the risk of tearing is important.
Interviewed by CNN, Elizabeth Torrone, an epidemiologist in the CDC’s Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, explains why it is not advisable to reuse a condom. “They prevent the spread of most sexually transmitted diseases(STDs) and probably reduce the risk of all STDs, but a condom is only effective if used correctly, “she insists. CNN. “Incorrect use, such as reusing a condom or using more than one condom at the same time, decreases the protective effect of condoms by causing the condom to break, slip or leak.”
A risk of shigellosis
Recycling a condom may also increase the risk of contracting shigellosis, a diarrheal disease linked to poor hygiene. If it is particularly prevalent in tropical regions, this pathology affects more and more gay American men, according to a study conducted by a research center in San Diego, taken up by allodoctors. The disease, linked to the development of bacteria, shigella, is transmitted by the faecal-oral route. It can especially develop after oral sex through contact with reused condoms. Symptoms often develop about one to three days after intercourse giving fever, abdominal pain, often accompanied by vomiting, “the constant emission of innumerable stools (up to 100 per 24 hours), mucus-bloody and purulent, sometimes even hemorrhagic “, specifies the Pasteur Institute.
We say it because people do it: Don’t wash or reuse #condoms! Use a fresh one for each #sex act. https://t.co/o3SPayRf9mpic.twitter.com/AwkPqE9YMl
– CDC STD (@CDCSTD) July 23, 2018
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