Circumcision And the many benefits... 553

Some really important facts...

You'll see repeated the protection from urinary track infections, prevention in cervical cancer, woman with an uncircumcised mate have a 2,000% chance increase in getting cervical cancer, protection for transmitting HPV circumcision protects against penile cancer, protection against harmful bacteria. If I woman, I would certainly want my mate to be circumcised for protection. And a parent would be irresponsible not to have their child circumcised.

1. Protection from urinary tract infection (UTI)

Since 1980, at least ten research studies have been published linking urinary tract infections to a lack of circumcision. 1�10 These studies found a minimum twelve-fold increased risk for urinary tract infections among uncircumcised males one to sixteen years of age, as well as among adult males. There is no data that contradicts these findings.

In 1997 a team of pediatric surgeons at Wolfson Hospital, Holon, Israel, conducted a study that established a relationship between failure to circumcise and increased urinary tract infection in infants. The team concluded that �streptococci, strict anaerobes, and genital mycoplasmas were found almost exclusively in uncircumcised males of more than fifteen years of age.� They further stated, �Our results also support the role of the prepuce uncircumcised foreskin as a reservoir for loveually transmitted organisms.� 11 2. Guarding against cervical cancer

In an important study done on the cause of cervical cancer, it was discovered that there was a 2,000% greater incidence of cervical cancer among non-Jewish women whose husbands were uncircumcised. A New England Journal of Medicine article, published in April 2002, affirms the relationship between cervical cancer and men who are not circumcised. 12 In reporting on this study, The Wall Street Journal notes the long-standing debate over the merits of circumcision in combating loveually transmitted diseases: �The results come at a time when public opinion is turning away from circumcision, which many doctors have increasingly come to view as painful and unnecessary.� 13

According to the Journal, �uncircumcised men are more likely to harbor human papilloma virus (HPV).� HPV, a loveually transmitted virus, is believed to cause nearly all cervical cancer. The article also states that if all men were circumcised, it could �reduce the incidence of cervical cancer world-wide by as much as 43%.� 3. Avoidance of penile cancer

After reviewing the data from 50,000 cases in the past half-century, Dr. Thomas Wiswell concluded that �circumcision categorically prevents penile cancer.� 14 Out of 50,000 cancer cases, only ten had occurred in circumcised men. These men had all been circumcised later in life. Thus, none of the men diagnosed with penile cancer had been circumcised during infancy. 15,16 4. Reduction of harmful bacteria