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Practice Safe Sex
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Condoms go by many names ' blobs, wet suits, Venus shirts, silk stockings, love skins, jimmies, rubbers, raincoats, sheaths, French letters, wrappers and English overcoats. They come in various textures, sizes, shapes, flavors and colors. There are those for vegans and versions that are allergy free.
Using Condoms For Safe Sex
Sex does the body and mind good to engage in it, but nobody wants unwanted 'souvenirs' like STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infection) from it. These are infectious diseases that are passed on via anal, vaginal or oral sexual activity. Having unprotected sex increases a person's odds of contracting STIs like syphilis, HIV, Chlamydia and gonorrhea.
A number of STIs are treatable while others carry serious consequences to health and have no lasting cure ' like hepatitis B and HIV. Not all STIs display symptoms. Sometimes, the signs only become noticeable way after the sexual activity took place.
Safe Sex And Some Condom History
Condoms are almost 99 percent effective in pregnancy prevention and getting an STI. It has been in existence for years. Images that date back to 1000 BC feature ancient Egyptians sporting linen sheaths. In Europe, the earliest proof of condom use was seen in France's Combarelles cave paintings, dating back to 200 AD. The early condoms were believed to be made of animal intestines.
Legend says that a Dr. Condom gave Charles II oiled sheep intestines for use as condoms and it was this that led to love rubbers being called condoms. However, a more likely origin of the condom name is the Latin 'condus' that means receptacle.
Italian researcher Gabrielle Fallopius in the 1500s soaked linen sheaths in some chemical solution and let them dry. He suggested that using them would provide protection from the lethal epidemic syphilis. Fallopius later found that the sheaths also prevented pregnancy.
Hancock and Goodyear started mass producing condoms made from vulcanized rubber in 1844. The rubber condoms allowed for washing and reuse until they fell apart or crumbled. The New York Times posted published the first printed ad for condoms in 1861, referring to the products as 'Dr. Power's French Preventatives.' 1873's Comstock Law banned any form of advertisement on birth control. Even the mail orders were not safe as the postal service could seize condoms sold by mail.
The 1880s saw the production of the first latex condom. However, it took nearly five decades for these to gain wide usage. In 1957, Durex launched the first lubricated condom in UK. The HIV virus and AIDS changed the world's view of condom usage forever. HIV is transmitted sexually and eventually leads to AIDS, a disease that still remains incurable. Apart from abstinence, the best
latex condoms use offers the best sexual protection. 1992 saw the first female condoms marketed in Europe.
When embarking on new relationships, make sure to swap sexual histories first before swapping fluids. Both parties should get checked out at local sexual health clinics before tossing a bag of condoms in the trash and going for alternative sex protection.
Additional information:
Robert Neiman is a urologist specializing in erectile dysfunction and men's health issues.
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