Scientists have recently discovered that regular use of condoms can not only prevent unnecessary pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, but also prevent women from suffering from pelvic inflammatory disease.

Condoms can prevent pelvic inflammatory disease in women

Scientists have long emphasized that unless couples need to have children, condoms should be used every time they have sex. But whether the public will use condoms correctly has eluded scientists for a long time. The Kinsey Center for Sexology reported on a recent survey by American scientists, which showed that the vast majority of respondents did not fully understand the correct use of condoms.

Scientists surveyed 158 male college students at Indiana University. Selected candidates must meet the following conditions: be unmarried and have used condoms in at least one sexual intercourse within 3 months before the survey.

After conducting a summary and analysis of the questionnaire, the researchers found that even among college students with strong awareness of protection, there are still serious problems with condom use. 74% of the respondents did not check whether the condoms were damaged before use; 61% of the respondents did not check the expiry date. In addition, there are still many technical problems: 43% of the respondents did not wear condoms until after they started having sex; 15% took off the condoms before the sex ended; 40% of the respondents did not wear condoms before the sex ended. There is a certain gap at the top; 30% of the respondents put the condoms on backwards.

Scientists have recently discovered that regular use of condoms can not only avoid unnecessary pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, but also prevent women from suffering from pelvic inflammatory disease.

According to a study published in the August issue of "Public Health" in the United States, habitual use of condoms can reduce the chance of women suffering from recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease, which causes pelvic pain and may even lead to infertility. A research team led by Dr. Roberta Ness found that women who consistently used condoms were 50% less likely to develop pelvic inflammatory disease and 60% less likely to suffer from infertility than women who never used condoms.

They surveyed a total of 684 women, aged between 14 and 37 years old. These people were registered at health centers in the United States between March 1996 and February 1999. So the women in the study had symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease, and the researchers asked them about their birth control status almost every three years. "It's very important to use condoms continuously, and by continuous I mean every time," Ness said.

"This study is the first to show that condom use can reduce the occurrence of cyclic pelvic inflammatory disease," said study co-author Kevin Kip, associate professor of epidemiology at Pittsburgh. Many previous studies have focused on Regarding condom use and how condoms reduce the spread of STDs, few studies have been conducted on the role of condoms in preventing bacterial STDs and pelvic inflammatory disease in women. "These data support the idea that condom use by the male partner reduces the female partner's likelihood of recurrent pelvic inflammatory disease and its sequelae, such as chronic pain and infertility," Kip said. Statistics from the National Institutes of Health It shows that more than 1 million women in the United States suffer from acute pelvic inflammatory disease every year. Experts recommend that women with a history of pelvic inflammatory disease should use condoms.