Boy aged 8 being tested for STD after putting used condom thrown by teacher in his mouth

Colorado, USA: An eight-year-old boy is being tested for sexually transmitted diseases after finding a used condom on his school's playground and putting it in his mouth.

The young boy, whose mother has asked that he isn't named, is being tested for herpes, hepatitis C, chlamydia and other viruses and infections.

He found the used condom on his school grounds and thought it was a balloon so tried to blow it up, his mum said.

She said: "When the teacher took the 'balloon' out of his mouth, it was a used condom."

Emails between school officials and the boy's mum show the condom was thrown away by a teacher and was not tested, American news KMGH-TV reported.

The boy, who attends Bennett Elementary School in Colorado, could now face tests for STDs for years to come, his mum said.

She said she wants the school district to pay for the tests and the school's insurance carrier has denied her claim.

But health officials said there is little risk of the boy contracting a disease from the condom, since it may have been outside the school for a long period of time.

The school has no surveillance cameras and no fences and it remains unknown who discarded the condom.