Condom Scared To Get Tested

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Really Scared: Water Test + Condom Effectiveness Against Blood

Ryan,Hi. In my foolish attempt to please a female sex worker, I had vaginal sex with her with a latex condom. The condom was put on me before we started. What scared me is that when we finished (only about 1 min), I noticed that there was some...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

1) The water test is an accurate way to determine if there are leaks in a condom. It is not a foolproof method, but in most cases, good enough.2) If there are no obvious leaks in the condom, then it is safe to assume that the condom provided an... Read more »

Condom scare

hi doc,If someone did anal intercourse with an infected female using condom and after sex he use... Read more »

Response from Brian Conway, M.D. »

don't remember if condom broke, scared!!

Dear Dr. Bob, remember me? The guy that caught his wiener in his zipper in the Philipines? Well I... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ghana Changing Its Tune on Condoms; AIDS-Prevention Jingle Inspires More to Use Protection

Sarah Koomson, a 19-year-old in Ghana, says she is not ashamed or afraid to ask her boyfriend to use condoms. "I talked with him, and we discussed about what has happened now, in this world. So he uses it," she said matter-of-factly. Sarah has heard... Read more »

Condoms

What Are Condoms? What Are They Made Of? How Are Condoms Used? Using a Male Condom Using a Female Condom Nonoxynol-9 Condom Myths The Bottom Line What Are Condoms? A condom is a tube made of thin, flexible material. It is closed at... Read more »

Condoms Required in Porn, Measure Approved by L.A. City Council

UPDATE 1/18: The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval on Jan. 17, voting 9 to 1 in favor of the measure. Our original article, which was published on Jan. 11, is below. ---------- On Jan. 10, the Los Angeles City Council voted 11 to 1 in... Read more »

Scared Straight: High HIV Rates Among Black NYC Women Frighten a Health Reporter

My longtime lover and I were driving through Harlem when we passed a billboard that made me want to slam on the brakes and pull the car over. On it were two women -- one Black and one Latina -- their pretty, youthful faces in lights. But under their... Read more »

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Condom breakage? Scared!

Posted by worriedsick, 4 Replies

OK so I went in to be tested today, results will be back in fifteen very long days, but the health center was not offering rapid fire tests. but soon enough i will know.

My question is I had protected anal receptive sex with a person who i asked if... Read more »

Broken Condom-Scared Out of My MInd!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am a gay male who recently had sex with a man I met on the internet. While switching positions, i noticed the condom had broken ( I was the receiver). He did not ejaculate, but i did notice he had precum during foreplay. He had no doubt in his... Read more »

Test - Scared

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I got the blood drawn yesterday. My unsafe incident of sex without a condom happend 8 weeks ago. At 6 weeks I got real sick with flu feeling, swollen lymph nodes, cough, sore muscles, etc..

I know 6 weeks is toward the end of when ARS can appear,... Read more »

scared to take the test

Posted by foxxfire, 4 Replies

Since being divorced for 7years, I've had numerous partners, but always with condoms; still, oral sex has been a part of the mix. I recently started a sexual relationship with a man who actually had his blood tests done (as a result of some travel... Read more »

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