Circumcision: may help curb STI’s
A new study out of Uganda, sponsored by investigators at Johns Hopkins University showed that:
Circumcised heterosexual men are 35% less likely to contract human papillomavirus (HPV) and 25% less likely to catch herpes than their uncircumcised counterparts, according to the study, published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine. (www.nejm.org)
HPV commonly known as genital warts is also a precursor for cervical cancer in women and can often co-exist with penile cancer in men.
HSV-2 or genital herpes is a condition which can be supressed by medicine but the virus remains dormant in the body even when signs or symptoms go away.
Circumcision is a surgical procedure to remove redundant foreskin. When the foreskin is to tight or gets infected often patients elect to have circumcision as an adult. Other men choose circumcision for cosmetic or comfort reasons. Debris can trap under the foreskin and if one can’t retract to clean there can be hygiene issues.
May 31st, 2009 at 7:22 am
[...] This article courtesy of New York Urology. [...]