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Multnomah County Health Department
Healthy People in Healthy Communities
426 SW Stark, 8th Floor, Portland, OR 97204
Phone numbers:
Health Information and Referral: (503) 988-3816
Administration: (503) 988-3674; FAX: (503) 988-3676; TDD: 1-877-735-7525
Clinic Appointments: (503) 988-3333
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HIV Prevention Program:
How to Use A Male Condom
- Use latex or polyurethane condoms only. Lambskin condoms do not stop
HIV.
- Store condoms in a cool, dry place--not near a heater, on a windowsill,
or in your pocket.
- Don't use an old condom. Check the expiration date on the package.
- Always have more than one condom with you, in case the first one breaks.
- Handle condoms gently. Be careful of fingernails, teeth, and jewelry
when you open condom packages and put condoms on.
- Don't use two condoms together. If you are worried that a condom might
break, use the extra-strength kind.
- Practice using a condom before you have sex with someone else. Make
sure you can put the condom on correctly, in the dark, and in a hurry!
- Use a water-based lubricant (like K-Y Jelly, Wet, Astroglide or Probe)
NOT an oil-based lubricant (like Vaseline, hand lotion, baby oil, massage
oil or Crisco). Oil will break condoms. If Nonoxynol 9 causes irritation,
don't use it.
- Put the condom on as soon as the penis is hard, not just before ejaculation.
If the penis is not circumcised, pull the foreskin back.
- Pinch the tip of the condom to remove air and place the rolled-up condom
on the end of the penis. Leave about 1/2" of the condom loose at the
end to collect the semen (cum). Unroll the condom down to the base of
the penis. Smooth out wrinkles.
- If a condom breaks during sex, pull the penis out immediately and wash
gently. Don't douche--it could damage fragile tissues and make things
worse.
- Right after ejaculation and before the erection is gone, withdraw the
penis from the other person's body, holding the condom onto the penis
with fingers.
- Remove the condom, then throw it away. Never use a condom twice!
- Wash semen (cum) off the penis with soap and warm water before you
have more sexual contact.
Warning: check condoms for added spermicide (nonoxydol
9); spermcide can cause tissue irritation in both men and women possibly
increasing the chance of HIV/STD transmission.
Use a condom every time you have oral,
anal
or vaginal sex!
For information on the effectiveness of male latex condoms, see the CDC's
fact sheet: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/condoms.htm
More Information:
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Questions (CDC site) | Myths and Facts
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Planning Team | CPT Plan (PDF) | Needle
Exchange | What's Working in Needle
Exchange |
Reducing
Risk when Injecting Drugs | How to Use a Condom
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