{"id":6021,"date":"2019-06-01T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/?page_id=6021"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:17:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T08:17:03","slug":"type-of-sex-and-condon-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/type-of-sex-and-condon-use","title":{"rendered":"Type of sex and condom use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6022\" title=\"Fig 1c condoms\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/files\/2011\/12\/Fig-1c-condoms.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>The type of sex you have (anal, oral or vaginal) relates to the risk of catching HIV. Whether or not you use a condom or are on PrEP is also important.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Oral sex is generally a lower risk. Penetrative (anal and vaginal sex) without a condom is generally a higher risk. The risk is highest for the receptive partner in vaginal and anal sex than for an insertive man.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/prep\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/prep<\/a>for all types of sex, even without condoms.<\/p>\n<p>Condoms used correctly protect 100% against HIV transmission and some other STIs. This includes using lube to avoid tears and checking the condom stays in place (see Figures 3 and 4).<\/p>\n<p>When research reports that condoms are only 85-95% effective, this is because people who use condoms do not use them every time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Figure 4 &#8211; How to use a male condom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14565\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fig-5-How-to-use-a-male-condom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fig-5-How-to-use-a-male-condom.png 705w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fig-5-How-to-use-a-male-condom-219x300.png 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Figure 5 &#8211; Using a female condom<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14564\" style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal;\" src=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fig-4-Using-a-female-condom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fig-4-Using-a-female-condom.png 705w, https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Fig-4-Using-a-female-condom-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>If viral load is undetectable, there is no risk of HIV, even without a condom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PrEP also protects against HIV, even without a condom.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The type of sex you have (anal, oral or vaginal) relates to the risk of catching HIV. Whether or not you use a condom or are on PrEP is also important.\u00a0 Oral sex is generally a lower risk. Penetrative (anal &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5467,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6021","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6021\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}