Stop Aids Through Circumcision, Sexual Hygiene Posted: 07-28-04 05:12am
The majority of aids cases are in the
sub-sahara desert africa.
This is well known.
What is not so well known, is that the
countries immediately north of these black
african countries, have almost no aids
cases.
They have so few cases of hiv/aids, that
they don't even have significant
statistics. They have round the numbers
ub to get even 0.1 percent of adults.
What is the most significant factor.
These countries encourage marriage and
practice 100% male circumcision due to
religous custom (muslim, jew). It is
almost impossible for a circumcised male
to infect a female through any any normal
sexual act.
Encouraging infant and even adult
circumcision should be our primary
preventive method, and then condoms.
Why is this simple treatment which would
eventually eliminate hiv/aids, unknown to
the general public.
If women knew they were at much greater
risk of being infected with aids by
uncircumcised males, I think you would see
them giving them preference, and then the
men would be encouaged to follow through.
Does anyone know why this is not general
knowledge.
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Posted: 06-04-08 14:10pm
I think it is general knowledge.
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worrywart01
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Posted: 06-04-08 14:33pm
i dont understand how a circumcision is
relavant or decreases the chances at all
as the greatest risk of contracting the
AIDS virus is when one comes in contact
with infected vaginal secretions, semen
and Blood...so...how does circucision help
prevent aids in any way? It really makes
no sense...elaborate...I believe its just
coincidence personally...circumcised or
uncircumcised..you're still going to
ejaculate...and thus infect your partner
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From MSNBC News Posted: 06-04-08 15:45pm
MSNBC
updated 2:24 p.m. CT, Tues., July. 5,
2005
Male circumcision reduces the risk that
men will contract HIV through intercourse
with infected women by about 70 percent,
according to a study reported in The Wall
Street Journal.
After discovering the dramatic results,
French and South African researchers
halted the study about nine months in
order to offer the uncircumcised men the
opportunity to undergo the procedure, the
newspaper reported.
The results of the study have not been
published in a medical journal, although
the French researcher who headed the team
is expected to present them at an
International AIDS Society conference in
Brazil later this month.
The study was conducted on more than 3,000
HIV-negative South African men, ages 18 to
24. Half of the men were randomly selected
to be circumcised while the other half
remained uncircumcised.
After following the men for a year, the
researchers found that for every 10
uncircumcised men in the study who became
infected with HIV, the virus that causes
AIDS, only an estimated three circumcised
men contracted the virus, the newspaper
reported.
The study is considered significant
because scientists have yet to discover an
effective vaccine against the HIV virus or
develop a reliable way to prevent
infection other than through abstinence or
safe-sex practices.
thats interesting..however it hasn't been
accepted by the medical journal as of
yet...soooooo...i dunno...i'm just really
trying to understand HOW this is
possible...how is it that foreskin causes
a greater chance of infection? Foreskin or
no foreskin you're still coming into
contact with someone infected, and it
isn't like you can contract the virus
through the skin...there has to be a
direct opening in the body...so i'm trying
to understand how supposedly men without
foreskin were more protected than men
with, they both have the same orfice down
there...I think some of it could have just
been coincidental..the bottom statement
does say that previous studies had linked
circumcision to a higher HIV risk...i was
looking more for an explanation explaining
how/why this could be possible
I hear ya. Well, my personal opinion is
that men with foreskin have a tendency to
get abrasions, microscopic cuts and tears
as a result of the tightness around the
head of the penis...just my guess as I
don't really know either..I'll have to
study this some more. Thanks for the
interesting questions...
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Posted: 06-04-08 21:30pm
OK, here is what I found:
Studies have found that there are five
sensitive areas to a male penis.
Ultimately, researchers aim to discover
how circumcision affects what a man feels.
Circumcision involves the removal of skin
that covers the tip of the penis, also
called the foreskin, and is the most
commonly used medical procedure used in
new born infants in the United States. In
a finding detailed in the British Journal
of Urology (BJU) International, an
estimated 60 percent of male babies are
subject to this surgery.
According to Live Science, Morris Sorrells
of the National Organization of
Circumcision Information Resources Center
and fellow researchers mapped out a "penis
sensitivity map" by measuring the
sensitivity of 19 locations on the penises
of 159 male volunteers. Out of the 159
participants, 91 of the people were
circumcised as infants and surprisingly,
the data showed that none had a history of
penile or sexual dysfunction.
According to the researcher's findings,
the most sensitive region of a male penis
is the circumcision scar on the underside
of the penis. For uncircumcised penises,
the most sensitive areas were five regions
that were normally removed during the
circumcision procedure. All five of these
regions were more sensitive than the most
sensitive part of the circumcised penis.
The surgical process is practiced in
several different countries including the
United States. It is done for medical as
well as cultural reasons throughout.
Scientists studying sexual diseases agree
that circumcision at a young age offers a
degree of protection against contracting
infections and sexual diseases. Recent
studies have shed new light on this
protective ability of circumcision, and
researchers have stated that the procedure
can lower the risks of HIV infection up to
60 percent in sex between males and
females.
I found this at http://www.
associatedcontent.com/article/285726/study
_circumcision_removes_most_sensitive.html<
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Posted: 06-04-08 21:32pm
good point...i guess that makes
sense...very very interesting...i love
hearing new studies like this, i'm
studying to be a nurse so the more i learn
the better! thanks for your input!
