Reproductive Systems Apr. 2014 | Page 2

Jose  Octavio  Hermida   Jorge  Humberto  Rodriguez   Santiago  Castaño     Marcelo  Decrescenzo         Contraceptives   Naturally,   humans   tend   to   reproduce.   However,   there   is   a   serious   threat   going   on   right   now   that   is   threatening   humans.   This   menace   is   that   people   are   having   sexual   activity   without   knowledge   of   the   different   risks   they   are   taking.   This   has   many   negative   repercussions   as   people   are   getting   diseases   that   can   be   permanent.   Some   of   the   most   common   diseases   are   Chlamydia   infections,   Gonorrhea,   Genital   herpes,   HIV/AIDS,   HPV,   Syphilis,   Trichomoniasis,   and   many   others.   All   this   is   happening   because   people   have   no   knowledge   of   what   they   are   getting   exposed   to.  It  seems  as  if  there  could  be  no  stopping  to   it,   but   actually   there   are   many   different   methods   that   can   be   used   to   prevent   the   terrible  outcome  of  having  sexual  contact  with   an   infected   being.   This   “preventive”   methods   are  called  Contraceptives.   Contraceptive   methods   are   used   for   2   different   things.  The  first  one  is  to  allow  having  sex  with  little   or   no   risk   of   getting   pregnant,   and   the   second   one   which  is  the  one  that  we  are  going  to  focus  which  is   to   prevent   transmition   of   diseases.   There   are   different   types   of   contraceptive   methods   which   include  the  pill,  the  male  condom,  vasectomy,  female   sterilization   and   many   others.   Every   type   has   a   different   functions   different   and   have   the   effectiveness   percent   varies   depending   on   the   type   of   contraceptive   used.   Here   is   a   chart   that   contains   its   “popularity”   percent   as   well   as   the   effectiveness   percent.  This  chart  contains  the  information  of  the  4   methods  that  most  people  use.   TYPE   OF   CONTRACEPTIVE   METHOD   AND   POPULARITY   PERCENTAGE   PILL  (25%)   MALE  CONDOM  (25%)   VASECTOMY  (11%)   WOMEN   STERILIZATION   (9%)   EFFECTIVNESS  PERCENT   ALMOST  100%   90-­‐98%   ALMOST  100%   ALMOST  100%