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The relationship between female sexual practices and the development of antisperm antibodies
K J Chacho1, C W Hage, S Shulman
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bridgeport Hospital, Connecticut 06610.
Objective:
To determine if female sexual practices are associated with the development of antisperm antibodies.
Design:
Anonymous questionnaire.
Setting:
Tertiary care; private practice.
Patients:
Thirty-nine consecutive patients undergoing antisperm antibody testing; 32 responded.
Interventions:
Cervical mucus and serum obtained at midcycle.
Main Outcome:
Female sexual practices were found not to be related to the development of antisperm antibodies.
Results:
The percent (44.4) of women with antisperm antibodies who practice anal intercourse was not different from the percent (35.7) without these antibodies who engage in the same practice, and the percent (94.4) of women with antisperm antibodies who practice oral intercourse was not different from the percent (92.8) without these antibodies who engage in this practice.
Conclusion:
Female sexual practices do not appear to be related to the development of antisperm antibodies.