male circumcision as a aid vaccine?

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

We had many traditional methods that had become a part of our lives. The Muslims

have always practiced male circumcision as a prevention against veneral

diseases. Now it has emerged that the much maligned method is indeed a very

effective tool.

 

Ayurveda and Yoga have rich tradition. Can Ayurveda or alternative science

explain the reasons?

 

Regards,

Jagannath.

 

Expert urges circumcision to combat AIDS

Sunday, 25 September , 2005, 22:11

Cape Town: A South African AIDS expert Saturday advocated male circumcision as

the best available "vaccine" against the virus in his country, where an

estimated 6 million people are infected and more than 600 people die every day.

 

Francois Venter told a congress of health activists in the Treatment Action

Campaign that a recent survey in the Soweto township indicated that circumcised

men were 65 percent less likely to contract AIDS than those who had not been

circumcised.

 

"We dream of a vaccine which has this efficacy," said Venter, clinical director

of the Reproductive Health and HIV Research at the University of Witwatersrand.

"The results are phenomenal."

 

Full story at:

 

http://sify.com/news_info/news/scienceandmedicine/fullstory.php?id=13948186

[Guest guest]

This has *got* to be advocated by some sick health

insurance thing.. there have been studies in the past.

In general circumcised men tend to be less vulnerable

to veneral diseases IF they aren't hygenic. otherwise

the chances of contracting the diseases are equal.

 

--- Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01 wrote:

 

> Dear Friends,

>

> We had many traditional methods that had become a

> part of our lives. The Muslims have always practiced

> male circumcision as a prevention against veneral

> diseases. Now it has emerged that the much maligned

> method is indeed a very effective tool.

[Guest guest]

Dear Jagannath,

I do not believe it is some magical formula that protects someone after

circumcision.

It is only more hygienic. The prepuce can be easily retracted and cleaned during

a bath.

Perhaps, in those, who are hygienically "challenged", the virus stays in the

space between the prepuce and the penis, and can harbor the disease. If you are

circumcised, there is automatic cleansing during a shower / bath.

 

Durgesh Mankikar,MD