Broken condom

LittleBird

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I recently had a session with a provider. A condom was used. However, at the end of the session, I discovered the condom was broken.

I had no options but to immediately urinate and clean up in a shower. Can anybody tell me if my action will minimize the risk of contracting hiv?

I know i need to go for a test in a few weeks.

Thanks in advance.
 

Health Nurse

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Hi all:
I could not find any research that has shown that washing or urination (peeing) after sex has a protective effect against infection.
Peeing after sex could flush organisms out of the urethra, which might help prevent women from getting a bladder infection, but it doesn't kill STI viruses or bacteria.
So peeing after sex surely can't hurt but you should not rely upon this as a method of disease prevention, since condoms are much more effective.

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LittleBird

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Thanks to everyone who took the time to read my post and gave me feedbacks. Also thanks to the HN. You already replied to my PM.

Thanks again everyone.
 

the_shogun

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hi guys.

this same thing just recently happened to me, the condom broke and i didn't realize until after i was done. i want to get checked out. please suggest clinics i can go to?
 

Stew

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You could go to Health Nurse's clinic at Bute and Davie, but I am not sure it is open on Sundays. There are seven day a week walk in medical clinics though.
 

Sean

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Nurse,

What do you think in relation to what Jackmeoff and others have said about 'not losing sleep' over the broken condom? Obviously, people in this situation have to get tested, but what are the risks in terms of gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphillis, etc, and other diseases besides HIV?
 

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hi guys.

this same thing just recently happened to me, the condom broke and i didn't realize until after i was done. i want to get checked out. please suggest clinics i can go to?
When asking for a clinic it would be helpful if you said what city you are in.

As a reminder to others, this forum is for you to ask questions, and for HN to provide answers. If you are not the HN, then please do not respond to the questions asked.
 

Health Nurse

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Nurse,

What do you think in relation to what Jackmeoff and others have said about `not losing sleep` over the broken condom? Obviously, people in this situation have to get tested, but what are the risks in terms of gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphillis, etc, and other diseases besides HIV?


Hi Sean

It is impossible to work out the exact STI/HIV risk as so many factors would need to be looked at.

If you have unprotected vaginal intercourse there is always a chance that an infection could spread. It really is an odds game of how many people are infected, what type of sex you are having and how infectious is the disease.

In regard to the infections you mentioned for your particular case of a once off broken condom, the odds are so much greater that you would not be infected with any of the diseases you have mentioned. Out of that list chlamydia would probably be the biggest risk just given the amount that is in the population.

Other infections such as genital warts and herpes can spread even with condom use so I’m not sure how a broken condom would affect that risk. Just remember that there is good evidence that condoms will reduce the risk of herpes and warts. As these are transmitted by skin to skin contact there would still be some risk of transmission even with condom usage.

About “not losing sleep” this is an individual thing as one event may cause you anxiety were the exact same thing would happen to another person and they would not even think about it. This is related to risk tolerance were it is good to work out what type of sexual experience you can have that will not cause you to get worried afterwards. As discussed above for a one time occurrence there are greater odd of not being infected. If the condom was breaking once a week this would really change your risk.

If you are concerned about a steady partner the best thing you can do is to avoid sex for a week and go get tested. This would be accurate for the gonorrhea and chlamydia.

Here is a link to a thread we did on condoms breaking.

https://perb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=44070

Does this answer your question?

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