Can I get HPV by wearing a condom?

HPV is a highly contagious virus, and its main route of transmission is sexual transmission. Therefore, people with multiple sexual partners must use condoms to reduce the possibility of infection, but this does not mean that genital warts can be completely prevented. Medical workers must pay attention to protecting themselves and take protective measures when contacting patients with this disease. The following introduces the relevant content, and you can take a look if you don't understand it.

1. Can wearing a condom prevent condyloma acuminatum?

It is certain that using condoms can significantly reduce the risk of genital warts, and long-term use of condoms can also reduce the risk of HPV infection in the reproductive tract. However, condoms can only protect limited areas, and HPV infection can also occur in areas not covered or protected by condoms, such as the scrotum, labia, mons pubis, or perianal area. Therefore, using condoms cannot completely prevent genital warts.

2. Precautions for using condoms

2.1. Clean if it slips

It is not uncommon for condoms to tear or slip during use, and many people have experienced this. Many people simply change condoms and continue. However, this is unsafe. If you find a tear or slip during use, you should stop having sex immediately and clean your genitals with disinfectant.

2.2. Pull out before fatigue

After sexual intercourse, many people pull out the condom after ejaculation and when the penis becomes flaccid, which can also create the risk of accidental pregnancy. If you pull out the condom after it becomes flaccid, the semen in the condom will overflow and enter the vagina. Therefore, you should press the bottom of the condom with your fingers and pull it out together with the penis after ejaculation and before the penis becomes flaccid.

2.3. Avoid contact

There are also some precautions when removing the condom. Do not let semen flow out when removing the condom, and do not let the vaginal secretions outside the condom touch the body. Each condom can only be used once, and the used condom should be put into a plastic bag and thrown into the trash can.

3. Advantages of using condoms

3.1. Using condoms is the only effective contraceptive method to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.

3.2. Condoms come in different shapes, colors, flavors, materials and sizes to make sex more interesting.

3.3. Auxiliary treatment of certain male sexual dysfunctions: Using condoms for men with premature ejaculation can reduce the local excitability of the glans penis and help prolong the duration of sexual intercourse.

3.4. Condoms provide women with safer protection, blocking the contact between smegma and the cervix, and reducing the risk of cervical cancer.

3.5. Using condoms is refreshing and can make sexual intercourse cleaner by eliminating the trouble of cleaning.

How to prevent condyloma acuminatum

1. To prevent condyloma acuminatum, patients need to pay attention to their living habits: effectively reduce the chance of infection with condyloma acuminatum. For patients whose sexual partners suffer from condyloma acuminatum, it is necessary to regularly check whether their sexual partners are infected with condyloma acuminatum virus.

2. To prevent genital warts, you need to reduce unhealthy sexual intercourse: Because most patients with genital warts are now reinfected or have relapses that are related to their sexual partners carrying the genital warts virus, this is a very important method to prevent genital warts.

3. Enhance the knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases: In daily life, we should increase the publicity of the harm of condyloma acuminata virus to make people alert. Since the transmission of this disease is not only a personal problem, it is also a key issue that needs to be focused on. Now, some people who suffer from condyloma acuminata hide their condition, which poses a serious threat to the health of others.

How to use medicine for condyloma acuminatum

1. Antiviral drugs for the treatment of condyloma acuminatum

You can use 5% phthalamide cream or 0.25% herpes clean ointment, twice a day, for external application. Acyclovir can be taken orally, 5 times a day, 200 mg each time, or its ointment can be used for external application. Alpha-interferon can be injected 3 million units daily, five days a week. Or 3 million units of interferon can be injected into the base of the wart, twice a week. Use it for 2-3 weeks. The main side effect is influenza-like syndrome. The side effects of local medication are less and mild.

2. Use of corrosive agents or disinfectants to treat condyloma acuminatum

Commonly used are 30%-50% trichloroacetic acid or saturated dichloroacetic acid, or 18% peracetic acid. Use 10% salicylic acid glacial acetic acid or 40% formaldehyde, 2% liquefied phenol, 75% ethanol distilled water 100ml mixed solution, apply it locally, for glans penis, perianal wet warts, once a day or every other day, the effect is very good. Disinfectant can be applied with 20% iodine tincture, or 2.5-5% iodine tincture injected into the base of the wart, 0.1-1.5ml each time, or apply with new gentamicin or 0.1-0.2% external application, the latter needs to be combined with systemic treatment.