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Latex Condom Allergy Solution
A question from a commenter on my previous post about positive attitudes:
Condoms reduce transmission of HSV by about half (as does the taking of daily antiviral therapy). These two methods, combined, can provide a lot of protection from infection, and make susceptible partners feel quite reassured about the low risk of transmission.
However, every now and then I hear from patients whose partners are allergic to latex. Latex allergies can be life threatening, so nothing to fool around with. Fortunately, there are condoms now made out of polypropylene. These are good choices for those with latex allergies, and are better for reducing the risk of viral STIs than natural animal skin condoms.
I've tried them with my partner, and they feel fine - they do make a bit of noise and generate a fair amount of heat (which might be a good thing!). Other than that, they are the same as latex condoms. Give 'em a try and let us know what you think!
Related Links: Are You at Risk for Genital Herpes?, Coping With Your Partner's Diagnosis
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"My partner is allergic to latex. is there anything that I can do with my new partner to prevent transmission or atleast reduce it as much as possible."
Condoms reduce transmission of HSV by about half (as does the taking of daily antiviral therapy). These two methods, combined, can provide a lot of protection from infection, and make susceptible partners feel quite reassured about the low risk of transmission.
However, every now and then I hear from patients whose partners are allergic to latex. Latex allergies can be life threatening, so nothing to fool around with. Fortunately, there are condoms now made out of polypropylene. These are good choices for those with latex allergies, and are better for reducing the risk of viral STIs than natural animal skin condoms.
I've tried them with my partner, and they feel fine - they do make a bit of noise and generate a fair amount of heat (which might be a good thing!). Other than that, they are the same as latex condoms. Give 'em a try and let us know what you think!
Related Links: Are You at Risk for Genital Herpes?, Coping With Your Partner's Diagnosis
Technorati Tags: HSV, Herpes, antiviral therapy, condoms
48 Comments:
I just was recently diagnosed with herpes, and have been told that it lays dormant for long periods of time. I'm wondering for how long does it lay dormant and ow besides sexual contact do you get it?
Oh, i forgot to mention that I'm married and concerned that my husband may have contacted it from me, but our relationship has been monogamous for ten years. I'm just wondering if it's possible for him to have it now due to my not knowing?
I was told I had herpers over fifteen years ago.No partner has told me I have infected them and never used a condom can I be tested to know for sure?And if so will using condoms keep me from spreading it?Also how do you know if you are our partner has an allergy to latex?
I have had herpes for 14 or 15 years now and I have break outs too often. I even went to a specialist and she said that this is normal. I get so depressed when I do have a break out, I am in tears a lot and my hsuband tries to stick by my side, but sometimes I hate telling him that I am having ANOTHER flare up. I get angry too. Could herpes lead to HIV, I hope and pray NOT. Please answer all of my concerns. ONE MORE THING, I read on your site about a gel calle dPRO 2000 to help block or slow down HERPES or HIV a vaginal gel, my question,w ill this help stop or slow down the out breaks of herpes and is this still being testing to reach the market ? THank you and please do answer all of my questions/concerns thoroughly. God bless you.
Anonymous
I was diagnosed with herpes about 20 years ago. I have I have less to 5 outbreaks in that time. Also my outbreaks are not on my gentals they occurred in the pubic hair area.
My questions is regards to shedding. Is the shedding come from the location the outbreaks has occurred? If so How am I to protect a partner if that is the only location I ever had a out break. Yes comdoms is the normal proctection used. However I got it when using comdoms.
And could you explain the shedding process a little more.
Much apprecitated for all your input.
Ps. I'm trying to find out if there are stats that showing the amount of couples that are married out monogamous coming down with herpes as to single people coming down with it.
Hi I am not sure what happened to me, but I can not find it on this site and was hoping someone could help. You see today I had severe itch in my genital area, I also had one lip that was swollen like a golf ball and I am bleeding in between my periods. Just spotting, I wanna know if this could be an allergy to latex condoms cause I only bleed after sex and I have never had this problem before. Can someone please help me cause I am not sure what to do!
Hi!
I think that i may be allergic to latex condoms, or maybe the spermicide that was used with them. Almost immediatly after i started having sex my inner labia became VERY swollen and irritated. This has happened the last two times that i had sex and used a condom, but never before that. Does this sound like an allergy?
Hi I have a similar issue to these girls- I recently had just oral sex with someone new, and one labia and vulva are really swollen... two days later. It's not painful and always seems to happen with a new partner- I thought it was friction issues before due to length of time between partners but thats inpossible. No other symptoms just swelling... please help it looks aweful and I will see him again soon want it to go away :-) Thx
yeah im confused..see all my life ive only had sex with 3 diff people and i knew where they had been so i didnt use a condom with them but then i had sex with a condom for my first time. before i had sex i was barely irritated down there i figured from the tampons but the day after i had sex with the condom i was red and swollen really bad on one side it burns and itches. this was about 2 days ago i thought maybe it was a yeast infections so i bought treatment for it and did the treatment about 24 hours ago but now im wondering if maybe it was an allergic reaction to the condom?? plz help im suffering and have things to do this weekend i cant be like this please please help me
i have a similar situation as the above girls and also cannot find an answer! I woke up this morning with severely swollen labia and absolutely no other symptoms-no pain, no itching, no bleeding, nothing. I had sex the night before with the same person of a year and this has never happened. We did not use a condom so it cant be an latex allergy. It seems to be subsiding now but Im have no idea what causes it.
i also have had similar problem as the last girls. I had sex wenesday night using a condom, and i felt some friction but that happens sometimes with condoms. However this time it's different, today sunday 4 days later and i am red and have a burning feeling on one side. Only when i have to wipe myself after peeing or while taking a shower. I think it has to do with which type of condom that was used. If i remember right i have had more friction when using trojan condoms. So now i have to experiment and see about other brands to see if i have similar reactions. I beleive it's the N-9 that gives me the reaction.
I came here looking for answers to a very similar problem as described by the last couple of girls. I had sex with my boyfriend about twenty four hours ago and I am incredibly swollen. It hurts and I have no idea how to make it feels better. I thought it might have had something to do with the amount of sex we had in such a short period of time, but it could possibly be the new condoms we used, I'm not sure.
Can anyone help us out?
I just got home from my boyfriend's house and we had sex w/o a condom, so i know it is not an allergy. and i always burn when i pee after sex... but this is the first time i have ever been THIS swollen. lately, i have been experiencing more friction from him, but i have never had this happen. my labia seem to be so irratated/inflamed that it makes it painful & hard to sit or even cross my legs. would ice help? somebody please give us SOME kind of advice.
I have almost the same problem. I don't know if its an allergy reaction but I bought some new condoms and me and my husband used it. Later on to the next day I started to itch really bad. So I thought that it might be a yeast infection. But later on one side of my vagina oppening lips started to be swollen, and it irritates me so bad that I cannot walk or do anything without the irritation, it also burns really bad when I pee. We used condoms before and this never happened. So if anyone know whats up, Please help!!!!
Similiar to other posters here, but this happened with my girlfriend. We do not use condoms, but immediately after sex her labia were extemeley red and swollen, and got worse over night. She had been away for the weekend so we hadn't had sex in 3 days. I would like to know some possible explanations for this. Thanks.
I think that i may be allergic to latex condoms. After sex I do get alittle irritated and it almost feel like a yeast infection. In the past I have use natural skin condoms and they do not bother me like the latexs ones. I have not been having sex in the past 6 months, now that I stared again I am having a problem!
I experienced painful swelling on the left outer labia after sex, but it went away. I mentioned it to my doctor, and she said it was probably an allergy to the condom. We were using pre-lubricated latex condoms and switching to plain latex condoms and water-based lubricant solved the problem. Unfortunately, it turns out I was misdiagnosed: a couple of months later, I experienced the painful swelling again, only this time it kept swelling to the point that sitting, wearing pants, and bending down were painful. It turns out I had a Bartholin cyst and I needed to have it drained by an OB/GYN and take antibiotics (it's an infection). If left on its own, it can rupture and leave a scar, then fill back up again because the infection wasn't treated. This isn't a real common condition, but if the other suggestions don't work or you have severe discomfort, I would go see a doctor.
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Hi, I just started having sex with my boyfriend about a month ago and the day after we had sex for the first time I had a different smell down there and I have like a white, sticky discharge. We waited about 3 weeks to see if it'd go away and it pretty much did, but we had sex again last week and it came back. is it an allergy or what?!?! please help!
Hi,
I want to know if anybody can help me! Right after sex i go pee and when im done i get this urge to go again but i sit and nothing no pee comes out Why? My friend said it could be herpes is that true?
me and my boyfriend just had sex about an hour and a half ago and during it my vagina kinda strtd hurtin while once we were done and he left it was hard for me to walk or even close my legs. When i went to go check it out my right side of my vagina is way biger then my left and it hurts to touch it. and it even hurts to pee. it doesnt itch or nuthin t jst hurts and it happened rite after sex. i dnt knw what to do. should i be worried. ill the swelling go down.what do i do please help i have never been so scared before. :[
Hi, I recently developed a rash on the inner part of my labia. I believe it is due to a new kind of condom my partner and I have been using with spermicide. The symptoms are itchiness and red rash with some white tops. My partner and I have been together for a long time and it has never happened before. my genitals are incredibly itchy, there are no other noticiable symptoms. Please let me know if this could be an allergic reaction or something more serious. I also experience pain during intercourse, not all the time just sometime when he thrusts. It feels like he is pushing up against something and sends sharp pain up my abdomine. The itching and the pain are unrelated, I have had the pain before but the itching is the first time. Please let me know what both could be. Thank you.
The yucky smelly after-effect might indicate that you have bacterial vaginosis. That happened to me once...it's not an std- it's just an overgrowth of bacterial culture- often introduced after a new partner who has a different kind of bacteria level (my doc told me this).
I also get the really red swelling sometimes- but that is from the condom I think
i had sex today at about one. immediatly after i had exactly what some of the other girls had, the swollen labia that hurts really bad. its scaring me it is now eleven at night and it hasnt changed. i just want to know what it could be.
i has sex with my boyfriend a couple of days ago...well one of the condoms we was goin to use we set it out for a second because we were jus foulin around.when we started to use it...it started to get kind of dry feeling...now i burn down there. could i have gotten a burn from the condom.
Evrytime I have sex I start to bleed why is that
Okay so me and my husband had sex the other day... it was the first time with a condom in 9 months... I just had a baby and waited the time limit my doc told me too... now 3 days latter I am itching and i have what my fiance described as what appears to be little paper cuts can anyone tell me what it is.... it itches like crazy... I have tried anti feminine itch cream and its not working... please help it itches and hurts so bad that i cant really do anything... could it be a latex allergy
After I have sex, I bleed. Is something wrong with me?
a lot of girls seem to have this problem too, and i can NOT find an answer! I just had sex with my boyfriend of about a year, no comdom, and my labia have become extremely swollen. they don't hurt, there's no itching or burning, they're just BIG! and i don't know why or what it is =( I need some help!
Last week I went to the gynecologist, because the day after having sex with my boyfriend I became extremely sore and swollen, I also developed lesions/sores on my labia and vulva.I basically had all the symptoms for gential herpes, and my gynecologist suspects that's what it is, and started me on acyclovir...but the only thing that makes me think it could be something else, is that my boyfriend and i had sex several times prior to that without issues, and we also engaged in oral sex(neither of us have gotten breakouts in the mouth?) and he has no symptoms.I was hoping someone could shed some light on this situation and let me know the likelihood of it being something other than genital herpes.I compared pictures of genital herpes with what I have, and it doesn't match up at all.I have also read on websites that herpes sores crust over before they heal, but mine haven't done that.They just shrink in size and then disappear in 2-3 days.It has been a week since the initial outbreak and I am almost completely healed.I started to wonder if I had a latex allergy?
I also have this swelling on one side of my labia. It is not painful and it has been there for 2years now. The dr. says its a bartholin cyst. Research it and you will probably find what you are looking for. Hope this helps.
Hello. I was just wondering if I could have an allergy to latex or spermicide? I have a urinary tract infection, redness of the skin of my vagina, and what feels like a yeast infection (insanely bad burning inside my vagina). This happens almost every time I have sex. I had it happen a few times without a condom and the doctor told me to not let a guy touch me internally and to make sure he washes himself, and/ or to have him wear a condom to prevent this. So, I started making my partner wear a condom. We had intercourse two days ago using a condom and he did not touch me at all but I still have a UTI and the insane burning and redness. I have had this happen all but one time I have had intercourse using a condom. Could I just think I have a yeast infection and actually have an allergy? What should I do? I don't break out on my hands when I wear latex gloves.
i had sex with some one i met on holiday and i was very drunk. 24+ hours later my vagina was extremley sore. i was itching and i had some cuts. i went to the toilet and had a pain which felt like i had a tampon in my vagina.. i pushed and pulled out a condom??? its been a few days later and i have still beenvery sore and itchy but just a few hours ago my lips have became VERY swolen?.. i dont kno what to do. or what it means?
Im 16, im not a virgin and ive been having sex for over 3 years now. Whenever i have sex with a condom i start to bleed a little but it doesnt hurt. When i dont have sex with a condom i dont bleed at all. Why do i bleed a little just when i use condoms??
Hi!
I think that i may be allergic to latex condoms, or maybe the spermicide that was used with them. Almost immediatly after i started having sex my inner labia became VERY swollen and irritated. This has happened the last two times that i had sex and used a condom, but never before when ive used them. Does this sound like an allergy? Can anyone help me??
I'm a single woman who don't have a full time sexual partner, however, when ever i do have sex, which is vary far few in between, I used condoms, a day or so after the i've had intercourse, I experience light itching and mild pain, this will last for a couple of weeks. I really hate to worry myself to death, but I really think that I'm allergic to latex condom. The condition is related to yeast, which I believe comes from the latex condom. I never have sex without protection. This year alone,I've had sex twice. Now that I'm experiencing this issue again, I plan on not have sex again.
please help, i finally lost my virginity and i used a trojan condom. Soon afterwards, i started aching and soon that pain got worse. It hurt real bad when i urinated and when i would pass gas it would also hurt just as bad. Am i allergic to latex? Please help, im still in so much pain.
i had sex 2 weeks ago we used a condom but ever since ive had lumps by my vigina an there very sore an very very itchy also i cant get to sleep at night because the itchyness gets worse in the night
I had sex last night with a guy i'veknown for about a year, and we used a condom. i've known im allergic to latex condoms, but i'd rather get the yeast infection than an std. so imdediately after we started i got really dry and it started hurting. after we were done my left labia was extreemely swollen and very painful. today, i wore a pad because there was a clear thin liquid that was leaking, which i have no idea what it was, and im hoping that the pad, walking all day at work, my allergy to latex, the roughness of the sex, and my dryness are the cause of the raw, red area on my labia. i have looked it up and latex allergies can cause legions, sores and blisters, but so can herpes. but ive also found out that you cant get herpes overnight. it takes a few weeks for a breakout. what is wrong with me??
i was just diagnosed with genital herpes, and im engaged to be married, i havent cheated on him, and i was wondering how long can i have it without knowing that i have it. we have been together 10 mths. is it possible that i contracted it before him
I am 15 years old and just lost my virginity 2 weeks ago. For a few days after that I had gross discolored discharge but I tried not to worry about it. Then it started to burn when and after I peed. And my vagina has burned all day. Now its the middle of the night and I can't sleep because it burns so much.
What do I do?
I'm only 15 years old. I lost my virginity to a guy who isn't even my boyfriend. I'm really scared. I'm going to call a doctor tomorrow but I was hoping someone could help me figure this out sooner.
Okay so I had sex with this guy about 2-3 weeks ago and we used a condom but that was the first time i've used a condom in a very long time. Now I have little dots and a little redness right inside the top of my vagina. It itches occasionally and it doesnt hurt to urinate and it doesnt burn. The only time it feels sore is when I wipe myself. I am curious if it could just be a reaction to the condom or if it could be something more serious. Someone please help me out!
I am experincing the same problems as the women above: burning , itching, and swollen labia. I too went to the Dr and they told me I had a UTI but after I finished the prescribed antibiotics..the symptoms were still there.. I first noticed them about 1 week after me and my boyfriend used a condom, (mind you we haven't used condoms in over a year because ive always been on the pill)..ive been tested for STD's, HIV and everything else and everything is negative. I personally don't know what's going on..
I never really knew how allergic I was to latex condoms until recently. I've been intimate with one guy for the past 3-4 mos., which we've been having unprotected sex. I just recently had sex with someone else but protected with a condom. Come to find out, he wore a latex condom that must've had some sort of lubrication or something that has left me uncomfortable. I have on again & off again itchy feeling inside my vagina. Besides going to the doctor, what else can I do at this point.
I was just wondering if somebody could help me figure out what is going on with me... I've never had sores or anything like that. Just the one lip is always dry and itchy. Sometimes it gets so dry the skin peels off. My boyfriend and I have been on and off for 4 years now, and this only happens when I'm with him. When I've had sex with other people, it doesn't itch, and my one lip isn't dry... also, it kinda smells down there, but only when I'm with him. When I've been with other people, it's never smelled. Could it just be something with him? Could he have an STD and it's effecting me this way? I don't know what to do or think, and I can't find anything about it online accept herpes, which I'm pretty sure it's not that since I've never had bumps or anything close to it... help.
i have been with the same guy for awhile...ive been gettin kidney infections from latex condoms so we stop using them and now i have developed a tear almost like a razor blade cut between my vigina and my butt hole...what is this? has anyone ever been in this position?
I'm having similar complications as the people above i had intercourse 2 days ago first it began to swell up and now im experiencing itching and burning we used protection.I'm negative for all STDS. This is not the first time i've experienced these complications. I chose to not to have sex at all because of this. I just became active again and still these problems. Am i allergic to latex condoms? How do i make this irritation go away.Heeeeelllllllpppppppp
I have herpes. However, I am having symptoms that I do not think has anything to do with herpes.I have excess discharge (thick and white), irritation, and dryness every single month. I keep getting diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis or yeast infections. It goes away for a while. Then it comes back. When it goes away, I may have sex with my partner but it comes back. This is not NORMAL discharge! Also, sometimes sex is uncomfortable and feels dry.
This has been going on for about a year or two. And I have been to the doctor about EVERY MONTH!!!
PLEASE HELP if anyone knows anything.
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