Before you start wearing the thermal ring, you will need to provide your general practitioner with information regarding your health and medical history and that of your relatives. The doctor will carry out a clinical examination and prescribe you a seminogram as well as other analyses or exams depending on your personal situation.
No blood test is required.
The results of a seminogram are considered normal when the concentration of spermatozoa is higher than 15 million/ml, progressive motility greater than 32% and the shapes are normal, depending on the method used. For further details, refer to the Andro-switch pack that you can download at the end of the document. If it’s not the case for you, your doctor will present you with alternative contraception methods that are more suitable to your specific situation.
This manual describes several situations that require you stop wearing the thermal ring as well as circumstances in which the efficiency of the thermal ring may decrease. In such cases, you should abstain from sexual intercourse or use other contraception methods, such as condoms.
Wearing the thermal ring or practising male thermal contraception will not provide any protection against HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases (STD).