Circumcision 'cuts' HIV infection

[Hitcher]

Mine usually needs a good polish.

Which raises another positive benefit for circumcision. Safety. The knob on the end stops one's hand flying loose and smacking oneself in the head.

[crazyhorse]

We had to get both our sons circumcised for medical reasons. It was terrible, the pain and suffering they went through.

I remember taking the bandages off after a set period and they were all blood scabs that tore the healing skin as we went (despite bathing them and soaking the bandages thoroughly).

One of the worst things I've had to do as a parent.

It wasn't bad like that for my son, but I do know of other parents who had their son circumcised, and it was botched up ...... sad thing to happen.

Not nice to watch an older child going through it though. We can laugh about it now, the first time he went to pee, and it was all bandage up, he missed the toilet completely and peed against the wall. Poor kid was upset over it, now we remember and laugh about it.

Good thing is he no longer has any problems at all. But not a nice thing to go through, no.

[Pixie]

Well no but it's no more barbaric than having to do it when they are 8

There is a major difference between male and female circumcision.
Female circumcision involves the excision of the clitoris.

[Pixie]

1. Nonsense. Please explain your appendix.

There is good evidence to suspect that the appendix serves as a reservoir for gut fauna,to repopulate the gut should GI infection destroy the existing fauna.

Immune function

New studies propose that the appendix may harbor and protect bacteria that are beneficial in the function of the human colon.

Loren G. Martin, a professor of physiology at Oklahoma State University, argues that the appendix has a function in fetuses and adults. Endocrine cells have been found in the appendix of 11 week old fetuses that contribute to "biological control (homeostatic) mechanisms." In adults, Martin argues that the appendix acts as a lymphatic organ. The appendix is experimentally verified as being rich in infection-fighting lymphoid cells, suggesting that it might play a role in the immune system. Zahid suggests that it plays a role in both manufacturing hormones in fetal development as well as functioning to "train" the immune system, exposing the body to antigens so that it can produce antibodies. He notes that doctors in the last decade have stopped removing the appendix during other surgical procedures as a routine precaution, because it can be successfully transplanted into the urinary tract to rebuild a sphincter muscle and reconstruct a functional bladder.

Apparent function of the human vermiform appendix in the recovery from diarrhea. Although more than 2 million children die each year in developing countries as a result of diarrhea, children living in those countries face an estimated 1.4 billion cases of diarrhea each year.

Maintaining gut flora

Although it was long accepted that the immune tissue, called gut associated lymphoid tissue, surrounding the appendix and elsewhere in the gut carries out a number of important functions, explanations were lacking for the distinctive shape of the appendix and its apparent lack of importance as judged by an absence of side-effects following appendectomy. William Parker, Randy Bollinger, and colleagues at Duke University proposed that the appendix serves as a haven for useful bacteria when illness flushes those bacteria from the rest of the intestines. This proposal is based on a new understanding of how the immune system supports the growth of beneficial intestinal bacteria, in combination with many well-known features of the appendix, including its architecture and its association with copious amounts of immune tissue. Such a function is expected to be useful in a culture lacking modern sanitation and healthcare practice, where diarrhea may be prevalent. Current epidemiological data] show that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death in developing countries, indicating that a role of the appendix as an aid in recovering beneficial bacteria following diarrhea may be extremely important in the absence of modern health and sanitation practices.


You will find further information in the appendix.

[Pixie]

Then there was the doctor that had to tell the new mother that her baby was born without eyelids...

Doc: "We can fix it quite easily.We can fashion new eyelids from the boy's foreskin"

Mom: "But Doctor.Won't that make my baby cockeyed?"

Doc: "Not in the least.....But he may have foresight."

[HenryDorsetCase]

Then again I don't actually have a cock so don't really know what a pain in the arse () a foreskin can be.

If its a pain in the ass, you're doing it wrong (or right)

[Rodney007]

I am done...
and I am yet to have any infections or cheese buildups to date!
sounds gross but isnt that the reason why its done?

[Indiana_Jones]

I am done...
and I am yet to have any infections or cheese buildups to date!
sounds gross but isnt that the reason why its done?

lol clean that smeg off after you've wanked off!

And regarding the doctor, he had a....

-Indy

[Cheshire Cat]

Maybe they experienced a doctor that told them the same thing as mine did after he did something (had to be done) that left our son screaming his little head off.


"Don't worry newborn babies nervous systems aren't fully functioning yet, he didn't feel a thing!"

Yeah fucking right....corse they feel it! they just dont remember it.

[R-Soul]

Jesus wept. Let's prey on people's fears and insecurities. Men have just as many issues about their sexuality than do women. They just don't have women's magazines to endlessly pore over these matters for them.

If I am to believe my daily email, True Happiness(TM) comes from having a fake degree, a Rolex and a HUGE cock. I guess one out of three is a start.

Sure your rolex isn't fake?

[Oscar]

They stopped circumcising Poms in the mid 80's when they discovered that they had been throwing away the best bit. Well actually, they sewed the throwaways into wallets that converted to suitcases with a few strokes.
This was about the same time that they found it needs four skin divers to circumcise a whale.
Groan. Yeah I know.

They cut so much off of mine, they created a whole new person with it.
A six foot prick, as it were.


I believe his name is John Key, or some such...

[R-Soul]

I have to make a decision on this pretty soon - my boy is due in September.

I have een doing a bit of reading and there are also mentions of reductions in certain types of cancer. What to do....?

[Slyer]

Everything increases/reduces cancer.

Leave the penis alone imo.

[Stirts]

Leave the penis alone

And here I was thinking that you were a bit of wanker

[nodrog:Me]

I have to make a decision on this pretty soon - my boy is due in September.

I have een doing a bit of reading and there are also mentions of reductions in certain types of cancer. What to do....?

cut his legs off too, that will reduce the risk of leg cancer.