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性傳播疾病的預防：行為的改變
STD
Prevention: Behavior Change |
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安全性行為-
避孕套/安全套1 |
除了節制性欲以外，安全套是最早的預防性傳播疾病的方法了。確實如此，數個世紀以來，安全套就有很好的知名度，曾被稱為“避孕套（prophylactic）”。早在16世紀，Gabriele Fallopio就已經發明了套在陰莖頭上的亞麻套，以寄希望於防止梅毒的感染。在18世紀和19世紀早期，安全套用綿羊盲腸製造或經特殊處理的亞麻套變得更普遍；到了19世紀中葉，橡膠的硫化工藝使安全套的大規模生產成為可能。1950年代，當梅毒和其他性傳播疾病變得可治癒時，安全套主要用作避孕工具，但是隨著AIDS的降臨，它又複歸為預防性傳播疾病的流行工具。甚至，公共衛生權威人士開始推薦使用安全套，以及許多設法控制AIDS的流行的政府針對普通大眾發動了使用安全套的全國運動。
不幸的是，一些男士不使用安全套，其理由不是在做愛時嫌佩帶麻煩就是聲稱使他們的感覺變得遲鈍。可是，最新的安全套是如此之薄以至於使這種抱怨比從前更站不住腳了。一些人對乳膠過敏，但是現在有無乳膠的安全套可供使用。所以：全面地考慮來看，安全套仍然是最簡捷、最安全、因而是最能預防性傳播疾病的工具。安全套並不貴，而且無需處方就可以在藥房、藥店或公共自動售套機買到。
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Safer Sex
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Condom 1 |
Apart from sexual abstinence, the condom is the oldest method of STD prevention. Indeed, for centuries it was better known under the name “prophylactic”. Already in the 16th century, Gabriele Fallopio invented a linen sheath which, put over the glans of the penis, was supposed to protect against in infection with syphilis. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, condoms made of sheep gut or specially treated linen became more common, and after the middle of the 19th century, the vulcanization of rubber made the mass production of condoms possible. When syphilis and other bacterial STDs became curable in the 1950s, condoms were mainly used as contraceptives, but with the arrival of AIDS in the 1980s, they regained their popularity as tools of STD prevention. Indeed, public health authorities began to recommend condom use, and many governments, trying to control the new epidemic, started national condom campaigns aimed at the general public.
Unfortunately, some men do not use the condom either because they do not like the procedure of putting it on during their love-play or because they claim that it dulls their sensation. However, the newest condoms are so thin that this complaint is less valid than before. Some people are allergic to latex, but for them non-latex condoms are now available. Therefore: All things considered, the condom is still the simplest, safest, and therefore best protection against sexually transmitted diseases. Condoms are not expensive and can he bought without a prescription in pharmacies, drugstores, or from public vending machines.
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