Can You Get Syphilis With Condom

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Syphilis and HIV (SYPHILIS 2011)

I recently submitted a question regarding syphilis and HIV and you were very brief in your response, indicating that you were confused about my question. Without regard to your opinion about my safe sex practices, the question I was asking was how...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Thanks for clarifying your question. If you've been completely faithful to your partner for the last two years and recently tested positive for syphilis, you either have had syphilis for quite some time or you contracted it from your... Read more »

Treatment for syphilis (SYPHILIS)

Dear Dr Bob,I was recently diagnosed with HIV on 22nd Feb 08. After a few blood tests, my HIV... Read more »

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Syphilis RPR

Dear Sir, I had treatment for syphilis 4 months ago. My recent RPR test is 1:1 +, and the TPPA is... Read more »

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Australia: Will Changes in Gay Men's Sexual Behavior Reduce Syphilis Rates?

"Reducing rates of partner change and increasing condom usage among gay men are obvious targets for potentially reducing syphilis transmission among gay men," the authors wrote to introduce the current study. They developed an agent-based stochastic... Read more »

Washington: Increase in Syphilis Concerns Health Experts

Syphilis cases in King County reached a 30-year high last year, with the 283 reported cases representing an 82 percent increase over 2009, Public Health -- Seattle & King County said Friday. Officials are calling for increased testing and... Read more »

Texas: Houston Targets Syphilis Increase

Faced with a steady increase in syphilis cases over the past six years, Houston's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will launch a month-long awareness campaign starting Sept. 1. After seeing a nearly 50 percent jump on new cases over... Read more »

A New Warning About Syphilis

Without treatment, Almost one in 50 HIV-positive gay and bisexual men who contract syphilis is at risk of developing symptoms of early neurosyphilis, new research suggests. That "is a minimum estimate of what the problem is really like out there,"... Read more »

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Unprotected Insertive Dipping and Reusing Condom..

Posted by MiamiLat, 1 Reply

Hello to all!
I haven't been on the site for some time. However, I had the following incident last night:
After rimming another male's ass for a while, I proceeded to rub my penis outside his anus and dipped it inside twice for a few seconds before... Read more »

Condoms: Our most trusted method

Posted by bradford

Condoms: Our most trusted method to prevent HIV infection and AIDS!

These three words echo around the world AIDS CRISIS WORSENS!

40 million people infected worldwide
o37.2 million adults
o2.2 million children under 15

In 2004, 4.8 million people were... Read more »

BROKEN CONDOM/need help

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Sorry, my english is not so good. I need some answers. I when to see a prositute house with friends to hang out with no intention to have sex. Pursure suck! She gave me oral sex with a condom and later had vargianl intercourse. The next thing I know... Read more »

Broken Condom New HIV strain or What? WORRIED

Posted by ademalu, 1 Reply

Well here is my situation
had exposure in mid may 2009 with Commercial Sex Worker (CSW) condom broke ,had rapid test in June and August 2009 all came out negative. had Elisa (elecsys) test for HIV 1 and 2 endsept 2009 came out negative. Had QL DNA... Read more »

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