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BXO and AIDS myths.

Written by Paul B. at 20 Jul 2002 12:16:47:

As an answer to: Re: BXO (circumcision not cure) written by kevin page at 19 Jul 2002 14:29:19:

> Before the circumcision , both my family doctor and the urologiost didn't know that I have BXO. SO I had no medical treatment for 13 weeks after the surgery.

Well, the condition appears to be generally slow to progress (and perhaps - slow to heal), so that isn't going to do too much harm.

> The swelling is all around the incision area, like a collar around the penis. However, when the penis is fully erected, the swell goes flat but not completely flat.

Funny. I can only surmise that it will settle down in time, and I'd say the steroid will help this considerably.

> Sometimes the swell thightens my penis like someone squeezing your neck.

Something I for one, generally try to avoid as far as possible!

> I have just started my application of steroid cream on Tuesday July 17th,2002.

Good show!

> When I was told that I have BXO on July 8th,2002 I was so scared. I searched on the internet for informations and was happy to learn that circumcision could stop or cure the disease but I guess I am not lucky since I still have BXO and it has been more than 3 months now since the operation.

And if the steroid settles it down, you will be just fine.

> I am not sure if the reason I still have BXO

Presumptuous. You have some swelling, but this is loose skin, and swelling may persist for quite a while. In particular, the fact that you describe it as a "collar", all around the scar line, makes it most unlikely that this is in fact, active BXO (or rather, LSA), but rather, post-operative swelling persisting in loose skin.

> is because of "loose circumcision" ? I read on a website that the whole foreskin should be removed or else BXO would still be there.

That's the problem with reading websites, you see, various sites will say darn near anything, sensible or not, And in this case, it is something which seems to represent a self-serving agenda for many doctors - surgeons at least.

> Hmm ... but I thought the urologist who did the operation referred to the circumcision as "full circumcision". Well when my penis is not erected , there is wrinkle behind the glad (head of the penis).

A circumcision ... is a circumcision ... is a circumcision. Terms such as "full" and "partial" or whatever are entirely spurious. Damage is damage. When your car is a write-off, discussing which part is un-damaged is not particularly useful.

> I just found some info on Corticosteroids which I am currently appling to the affected area of BXO :

> http://www.aidsmyth.addr.com/report/articles/010520al-bayati.htm

> "We learned about the anti-inflammatory function of cortisol in the 1940s. It was approved by the US FDA to be used as immunosuppressant agent to be given to patients who needed organ transplants. Corticosteroids usually depress the functions and the size of the immune system; therefore, reducing the chance of rejecting the new organ by the host. People who are treated with high doses of corticosteroids for periods of months usually suffer from low T cells counts and AIDS-defining illness such as tuberculosis, Kaposi's sarcoma, and other illnesses as described in Fauci's vast number of publications."

I think you are getting confused. In your library, you will find two classifications of books, one is called the "Dewey" system and classifies non-fiction material, while an alternate system based on the writer's name is used to classify fictional material. In any "virtual library", the material referenced by your link would be classified in the latter group - it is fiction - the work of a particularly vivid imagination. And most aptly named - it truly is an AIDS mythology. Mind you, it sells books (and isn't that the bottom line?)!

But that's the danger I mentioned earlier - if you do searches on the Internet, you really will find just about anything, and you can readily be convinced, if you so permit, that black is indeed white.


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