A recent study shows that circumcising adult men may reduce their risk of contracting AIDS from heterosexual sex by half, the U.S. government announced Wednesday, as it shut down two studies in Africa testing the link.
The announcement was made by the National Institutes of Health as they conducted 2 clinical trials, in Kenya and Uganda. The success of these trials confirmed that circumcision in fact helps to protect against HIV.
AIDS expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said, “Male circumcision can lower both an individual’s risk of infection, and hopefully the rate of HIV spread through the community”.
But he said that it is not the perfect protection. Men who get circumcised must not quit using condoms nor take other risks, and moveover circumcision may offer no protection from HIV acquired through anal sex or injection drug use. And you should remember that Circumcision is not a magic bullet, but a potentially important protection. Therefore circumcision should be used with other preventive methods.
Uncircumcised men are more susceptible to HIV because the underside of their foreskin is rich in Langerhans cells and sentinel cells of the immune system, that attach easily to the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS. And often the foreskin also suffers small tears during intercourse.
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There are certain things that we should avoid because they cause detrimental effects on our bodies. Smoking is an example. It will decrease the quality of your live and may end it prematurely. Over eating is another example. Anal sex is another example. Both have been shown to decrease average lifespan of those who indulge in either practice. Emotions and politics aside, whatever decreases your life should be changed ASAP. The only person who cannot change is one who is dead!
come people cirrcumization is not that important perhaps more women acually like the foreskin better