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Hi RN,
In reference to your 9-20 posting you revealed that you never caught any type of disease. I'm greatly impressed. Good for you.
When one uses a condom at all times and correctly it negates everything covered by the latex. However, what about areas NOT covered by the condom and skin-to skin contact near the lower abdomen that can lead to Herpes, HPV, Molluscum and other viruses?
You stated that you always used an anti-bacterial soap afterward. In your opinion, did this anti-bacterial soap wash off the potential viruses and insulate you as a result from getting infected? What's your opinion?
I guess that my greatest fear is contracting Herpes or HPV outside of the latex barrier around the groin or lower abdomen. Herpes and HPV cannot be cured and represent (it seems) the greatest threat for condom users. If we could solve this problem sex with a Pro would be almost risk free for both parties. Any other hints beyond anti-bacterial soap???
Thanks for your expertise as always.
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Just as an aside on the issue of anti-bacterial soaps -- it's probably worth noting that in reality ALL soaps are anti-bacterial for the most part, and according to one study, the use of specifically labelled anti-bacterial soap basically increases the effectiveness of germ killing from 99.4% to 99.6%. So people shouldn't really feel they have to run around carrying their own little bottles of anti-bacterial in order to be safe from surface gremlins -- a good washing with regular soap is for all intents and purposes just as effective.
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Hi Joe,
Yes, I've read the same thing in reference to anti-bacterial vs. regular soap. Studies indicate that there is no real difference.
To take matters on step further, my Dermatologist stated that using alcohol wipes to cleanse the non-covered condom areas around the groin and lower abdomen would be even more effective that soap in terms of killing viruses. What do you think?
Admittedly, it would look a bit strange wiping yourself with alcohol towelettes after sex. The girl is going to be wondering what this crazy American is up to now?
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Alcohol wipes might be more effective, but there are two things -- first, how much more effective does one really need than the 99.4% of germ killing that regular soap does, and second, frequent use of alcohol wipes on sensitive areas not only doesn't sound like much fun but it might also cause irritation, which would actually increase your risk should you go a second round.
The girl's gonna wonder even more about the crazy American if he wipes himself off and then hops around saying, "Ow!" :)
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Hi RN,
Been reading your post. I would love to hear your opinion on the following story.
Without naming names, I read about a guy that travels all over the world (mainly southeast asia) having sex, WITHOUT CONDOMS, and then writes the what,when and where about it. I am assuming the #s are in the thousands. He insists he has never had a STD or tested pos. for AIDS. What he says he does is "pound down a beer" before he has sex and immediately after sex he withdraws, takes a good healthy [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord140][CodeWord140][/url], washes his penis with anti-bacterial soap. Next, he uses Hydrogen Peroxide to rinse it. Then he spreads open his penis and forces some Hydrogen Peroxide up his urethra as far as possible.
What is your take on this?
Thanks in advance for your response.
Peterman
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Hiya Peterman,
I might just take this opportunity to add (for those who didn't know me before my handle change) that although I HAVE done extensive professional training in STIs, I am NOT a nurse. It's just coincidence that RN also stands for Registered Nurse. Just so you know... :)
Anyway, I would say that the guy you described is either a) incredibly stupid and probably lying about not catching anything or b) incredibly lucky. I mean..it's certainly possible. Men, being the insertive partner, are less at risk of disease than women are. And even if you had slept with 5000 women, if it happened that none of those particular girls had a disease, then you wouldn't catch anything anyway. On the other hand, you may only sleep with ONE woman and catch herpes. Luck of the draw.
Personally though, I find it very hard to believe. But I don't know enough about it to cast judgement. For instance, how often does he get tested? Some infections clear up by themselves. If for example, he had molluscum or genital warts, it's possible that he could have caught it, spread it around half of southeast Asia, and then got rid of it, BEFORE he even had a test done. And he says he has never tested positive for HIV...could that be because he has never had a test at all? (I'm not saying that is the case of course...just that it's a possibility). And if he IS being tested and his last test was less than six months ago, he could have it right now and not know it yet, thanks to the window period. Either way HIV is a lot harder to catch than most infections, so to sleep with heaps of people and not catch it, really isn't a major achievement.
Peroxide in the eye of the penis has gotta be one of the most counter-productive methods I've ever heard of. (Plus, the thought of it brings tears to my eyes...and I don't even have a penis!! LOL) I would think that it would burn all hell out of your dick, leaving it raw and inflamed and just begging for some nasty bug to creep in there next time you have sex. Washing up after sex certainly can't hurt at all, and pissing straight after sex helps prevent cystitis in women and "cleans out" the urethra for men so that's also a good idea, but I wouldn't rely on it to stop disease transmission. Like I said though...I'm not really a nurse.
Paddy,
Everything we enjoy comes with a certain degree of risk. Drinking can cause hangovers, smoking can cause cancer, and skydiving can cause rather large amounts of pain if the parachute doesn't open! LOL There are heaps of consequences to having sex, from infections to pregnancy...and yet we continue to do it. I think there is a fine line between being concerned for your health, and worrying yourself into abstinence. Sex is not ever "safe". We can do our best to make it SAFER, but there will always be the chance that something will go wrong. It doesn't matter whether you're with a hooker or your wife...you can never really be sure unless you can guarantee you know their sexual history and/or their health status at that EXACT moment (not a month ago when they had the test, but they've slept with five people since). All you can do is use condoms and check for visible signs of infection before you have sex. Maybe scrubbing with soap is good too, maybe it does nothing at all. I don't know for sure, but washing off any germs on your skin before they "take hold" makes sense to me....and it certainly can't do any harm!
When it comes down to it though, the only way to be TOTALLY safe is complete abstinence. And I for one am not willing to take my sexual health quite THAT seriously!! LOL
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washing your winky with hydrogen peroxide seems like a good idea until you do it and then you realize that it wasn't [experience speaking here]
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i'm sure this has been asked many times before, but i can't seem to find the answer so please bare with me.
how dangerous is it to receive a bbbj? i have a hard time believing it is dangerous since they do it in pornos while using condoms for anal and vaginal sex. it doesnt make sense that they would bother using condoms if it didnt matter any way since they were exposing themselves by doing oral. porno makers are losing millions for using condoms.
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I'll quote RN from a previous message -- "Blowjobs without a condom...you can get chlamydia, gonohorrea, herpes, and a few other nasties. WITH a condom, you can still get herpes if her lips touch your balls or base of the penis. "
So, yes, there's a risk, but it's considerably lower, and with the exception of herpes, all of those are curable. You're missing the big three -- HIV, syphilis and hepatitis.
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Sex with a Twist ... Lemons Provide Protection?
Thu Oct 10, 8:44 AM ET
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian scientists believe they have rediscovered an effective use for lemon juice -- as a contraceptive and also a killer of the AIDS (news - web sites) virus.
Reproductive physiologist Roger Short, from the University of Melbourne's obstetrics department, said a few drops of lemon juice can be a cheap, easy-to-use solution to protect women from both HIV (news - web sites) and pregnancy.
The juice should be squeezed onto a piece of sponge or cotton wool and placed into the vagina before sex, he said.
"We can show in the lab that lemon juice is very effective in immobilizing human sperm and also very effective in killing HIV," Short told Australian Broadcasting Corp television in a science program to be shown later on Thursday.
He said lime juice, which has similar acid levels, can also be used, with both fruits often freely available in poor countries where contraception is hard to come by.
Short said laboratory tests found not only does lemon juice kill sperm, it also kills the AIDS virus itself.
Short said using lemon juice as a contraceptive was not a new idea but it had fallen by the wayside over the years.
The ancient douche-style contraceptive was encouraged by such luminaries as Casanova, renowned for his sexual prowess.
"This has been used for hundreds of years and we've just forgotten about it," said Short, who is planning to conduct some field trials in Thailand.
"About 300 years ago, Mediterranean women used lemon juice as their main method of contraception."
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HIV And Lemons: Sour But Safe
Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) NEWS
October 4, 2002
By Tom Learmont
Johannesburg
A scientist has proved that lemon juice kills the HI virus on contact
After investigating traditional contraceptive techniques, an eminent Australian-based scientist has proved that lemon juice diluted five to one with water kills HIV and sperm within seconds.
Roger Short's findings will be made public in a scientific paper read at The Ninth International Symposium on Spermatology at the University of the Western Cape next week.
Symposium convener Professor Gerhard van der Horst is excited by the discovery of a cheap, universally available, non-technical way to block HIV transmission, and describes Short's paper as "a milestone".
A woman whose husband insists on "nyama to nyama" can protect herself against HIV transmission with a small sponge and watered-down lemon juice, perhaps leaving him none the wiser. Men may also anoint themselves with the acidic juice to prevent transmission.
The abstract of the paper says: "Historically, lemon juice on a sponge, or half a lemon placed over the cervix, was widely used as an effective contraceptive. We have shown that 20% lemon juice (final concentration) in human semen irreversibly immobilises 100% of sperm in less than 30 seconds. A similar concentration also rapidly inactivates HIV. Thus intra-vaginal lemon juice might provide a cheap, readily available and extremely effective way of stopping the sexual transmission of HIV, whilst also providing contraception."
The paper refers to additional strategies, including circumcision for men, which more than halves the risk of HIV infection. The virus appears to enter the penis via specific HIV-receptive Langerhans cells on the inner surface of the foreskin. The vagina has its own Langerhans cells that are also the main entry point for HIV in women.
Thickening the vaginal epithelium by oestrogen administration could provide cheap, safe and effective HIV protection for women, but drug firms are not interested, says Short.
Based at the University of Melbourne, Short is also professor-at-large at Cornell University in the United States, and a visiting fellow of Green College, Oxford. His career began in England at Cambridge in 1956. He was co-editor and principal author of the eight-volume Reproduction in Mammals published by Cambridge University Press from 1972 onward, which was translated into six languages.
The lemon juice breakthrough is not the first scientific bombshell he has lobbed. He was part of the Cambridge University team that crossed a camel with a llama in Dubai. He also co-authored a physiological study presenting strong evidence that the elephant was an aquatic mammal in an earlier evolutionary phase. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and, with Dr Malcolm Potts, wrote a bestseller aimed at the layman: Ever Since Adam and Eve: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (1999).
After researching circadian rhythms in mammals, Short took out US and European Union patents on the use of the chemical messenger melatonin to counteract the adverse effects of air and space travel. Melatonin has been tested aboard the Russian space station Mir, and is recommended to all Nasa astronauts. The patents are licensed to US drug giant Eli Lilly at present, through the Australian company Circadian Technologies.
Short's interest in the transmission of HIV infection arose naturally from his research activities of the past 20 years, which focused on contraception, the evolution of human reproduction and the causes of the Earth's overpopulation.
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CONDOMS
We all use them. Most of us HATE them but are too afraid to take the risk without them. With the thousands of men reviewing this board. Which do you like the best? I for one am looking for better sensation.
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Paganslave,
Unfortunately every darn condom has a different name in every country. In Australia, the best ones I've used are Durex Fetherlite. Obviously I can't say what they're like for guys from experience ('coz I'm not a man!) but I can say that they are really popular here among clients. Also, a lot of working girls use them in their private lives. They conduct heat REALLY well. This is gonna sound a bit graphic, but when a man cums inside me wearing one, I can literally FEEL it coming out. First time it happened, I thought the condom had broken! If it conducts heat so well from my end, I'm guessing it does the same for the man wearing it.
I think, (from memory), America has a brand called Trojan Ultra-thins that does the same thing. Go to www.condomania.com and search for either "ultra-thin" or "extra-sensitive". You should be able to find a brand that's available in your country.
PS...Another tip for extra comfort is to always wear the right sized condom. If it's too big it will bunch up when you have sex, and if it's too small it will cut off the circulation and delay ejeculation. (Plus they are more likely to break or slip off). If you find a condom you really like and you want a working girl to use it, take a brand new, UNOPENED box of them with you. Many girls will not use condoms that you've brought with you otherwise.
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I'm curious about the last statement, RN -- why won't those sex workers you mention use condoms from an open box, considering the individual ones are still wrapped? I presume it's a fear they've been somehow tampered with but why exactly would a guy want to do that, considering that he's still going to be wearing it, and thus still losing the degree of sensation that comes with that? Is there some sort of history here?