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Broken condoms
Two to six percent of condoms break or fall off during intercourse. Polyurethane condoms are more likely to break than latex condoms.
What to do if a condom slips off or breaks
- If the condom breaks while you're having sex and before ejaculation, immediately stop, pull out and put on a new condom.
- If ejaculation has occurred, pull out carefully and wash away any semen that has leaked out with soap and warm water.
- Shower or wash your genital area thoroughly with soap and warm water.
- Get tested for HIV.
- Get retested for HIV in 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months to allow time for the body to produce HIV antibodies if infection has occurred.
- Be alert for possible symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases or HIV. The most common symptoms of a a sexually transmitted disease are: a rash, swollen glands, fever, flu-like symptoms, pain or discharge from the penis or vagina.
- Never douche after a condom breaks. Douching can force infectious microbes deeper in the vagina. Douching also causes membrane irritation, increasing the risk of disease transmission.
- Never use contraceptive foams such as nonoxynol-9. Contraceptive foams can irritate mucous membranes and increase the risk of infection.
- Contact your health care provider or a pregnancy resource center to discuss the possibility of pregnancy, what your options are and to take an STD test.
Why condoms break and slip off
The most common reasons a condom slips off or breaks are:
- it was put on incorrectly
- the expiration date passed
- it was exposed to high temperatures or ripped wherever it was stored
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