share: Can condom use cause irritation?

Hi Steve, Your girlfriend may have had an allergic reation to the condom, particularly to latex. Just to be safe, you may want to find an alternative form of protection. You can find a list of alternatives at at this link.

And just to be sure it's the condom causing the irritation, she may want to pay a visit to the doctor to make sure she doesn't have a health condition that is causing the reaction.

its not an std

Yes, condoms can and do cause irritation to the tender tissues of the vagina, mouth and anus, and a 2005 German study showed that condoms do indeed contain carcinogens. Condom use is necessitated only when a possible sexual partner is suspected of being infected with a sexually transmittable disease - but in that case - aside from sailors in foreign ports, one would probably refrain from engaging in sexual relations with them anyway! It is a fact that any regularly used product that causes irritation to the skin (tags on clothing, for example, or rubber condoms) or the tender mucous membranes can lead to various forms of cancer in the future. These are synthetically produced substances that are unnatural and foreign to our bodies. In fact, some individuals develop severe allergic reactions to condoms almost immediately - in the rest of us, the reactions may take years to finally work their mischief. The only condoms that do not contain carcinogens are those naturally made from sheep's intestines. Using a rubber condom may help one elude infection from a sexually transmissible disease short term, but we must consider the very extreme danger that exists from long term use which leads to either deadly cervical cancer or ovarian cancer. Any physician who tells people otherwise is either irresponsibly ignorant or deliberately dense.

Thank you for your insight, anonymous.

Absolutely. As Tina said, she may be suffering from an allergic reaction. Personally, this is why I am not a fan of condoms. Don't get me wrong, it is a great invention and most people have zero reaction to it but I find that although I can deal with latex on my hands and have never had a severe allergic reaction to it, condoms are simply-- irritating. There are condoms made specifically for those allergic to latex but are on the expensive side. If you and your girlfriend are willing to get tested for STD's and trust each other without a condom, then an alternative such as birth control pills can certainly alleviate your girlfriend from the irritation.

Good Luck.

I think I'm having the same problem but I'm not really sure.
I don't know I'd it's necessarily itching. I feel like I have to go
To the bathroom non stop. I recently just got rid of a urinary
Tract infection and it was gone so me and my boyfriend have had sex twice since then and both times we used a condom and after both times i've has the same problem. Is it an STD or just irritation of some sort??? HELP

i use a condom last night during sex then when i woke up this morning i have white blotches/ spots on the inside of of my vagina could this be an allergic reaction to the comdom or something else?? im very concerned someone plese help i need answers.