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Re: HIV risk for uncircumcised men

Written by H 77 at 21 Nov 2003 16:09:26:

As an answer to: Re: HIV risk for uncircumcised men written by Ralesk at 12 Oct 2003 00:45:51:

>Yes, and Europe and not-third-world-Asia is never considered in any study. Wonder why. Interestingly we don't have high HIV rates. Hmm. And the USA has 2× as much as Europe. Hmm. No-one mentions this though.

That has little bearing on whether a person will come down with HIV upon exposure.
>And what about oral sex? That's just as much contact between mucous membranes.
>And what is the likeliness, expressed in numbers?
>This study just reeks of bullshit. Yea, definitely it's the nature-given foreskin that's to blame, yes, definitely.
>Arseholes.
>--
>R.

Most of the case being made suggests that the mucosal inner skin is involved in the infecting. Oddly most circed guys do have this area of skin. The reason they are at less risk is because of the lack of a moist breeding ground that you have with that area being moist both before and after contact with an infecting source. The dryness and the resistance abilty of the continually exposed inner skin and glans helps reduce transmission of HIV and other diseases.

It is obvious- you would not expect to be able to culture a disease in dryness.

Either circing or skinning back is healthier.


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