Posted on 04/03/2014 9:05:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A new medical review published by Mayo Clinic makes the strongest case yet for cirumcision. Is it time to take the decision out of parents’ hands and make the procedure mandatory?
The choice of whether to circumcise one’s son—a decision both aided and hindered by a deluge of readily available information on the Internet—is an increasingly fraught one for parents. A quick Google search for “Should I circumcise my baby?” retrieves millions of articles, blogs, and academic papers all weighing in on the risks and rewards associated with the surgical removal of a newborn’s foreskin. Now, a new review published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings claims the health benefits of circumcision exceed any risks by at least 100 to 1.
The review’s outspoken lead author, Brian J. Morris, a circumcision advocate and Professor Emeritus at The University of Sydney, Australia, hopes this new data will silence the debate once and for all. It’s Morris’ provocative position that infant circumcision contributes to overall public health in the same way that vaccines do, and should be equivalent to childhood vaccinations. And as such, he says, it’s unethical for doctors not to routinely offer it to parents.
“Each have a major population level benefit, but carry a risk that affects a very small proportion of individuals who receive the intervention. There are also extremely rarely deaths from each,” he told The Daily Beast via email. Moreover, “a vaccine is highly specific, whereas the protective effects of circumcision cover a wide array of medical conditions.”
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It doesn’t make any difference if you just keep yourself clean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH2Jg5soZig
Elaine: “It had no face, no personality. It was like a Martian.”
Our son was born overseas, and because he was premature and the practice was discouraged in that country, it wasn’t done. In his teens he kept having medical issues directly related to his lack of circumcision and the doctor recommended having it done. After doing so, those medical issues disappeared.
Lets just say I wouldn’t do it again.
Hurt so bad I couldn’t walk for a year.
Soap and water would have alleviated all those problems. Uncircumcised boys need to keep the area clean the same way girls do.
My own foreskin was used to construct a left earlobe, which I was born without. The lobe looks authentic enough tho I remain hard of hearing sometimes.
A rabbi had performed numerous circumcisions during his tenure and saved every foreskin in a Mason jar. Once it was full, he took it to a tanner and asked if he could make something out of them. The tanner said he’d see what he could do.
Three weeks later, the tanner calls the rabbi and tells him he’s finished, so the rabbi goes to his shop. The tanner presents him with a wallet.
“After all those years, all you could make out of all those foreskins was a wallet?” the rabbi asks.
“Not just a wallet,” replies the tanner. “If you rub it, it turns into a suitcase!”
“Our son was born overseas, and because he was premature and the practice was discouraged in that country, it wasn’t done. In his teens he kept having medical issues directly related to his lack of circumcision and the doctor recommended having it done. After doing so, those medical issues disappeared.”
Most medical problems, in first and second world countries, involving the penis are due to poor hygiene.
I knew a guy who had to have an eyelid reconstructed from his foreskin. He’s still cock-eyed.
Dunno but I was blessed with a FIVEskin. And it takes a BIG man to admit it!
this is like saying immediate removal of breasts prevents breast cancer.
So then bacon is the foreskin of the Gods
No, God did.
So, how many are left???
None. The Astrodome needed a new cover a few years back...
Regarding the "unnecessary pain" issue...I wonder how many guys have nightmares n adulthood (or even childhood) after having had the procedure at the age of 1 hour....1 day...or 1 week.
I once read somewhere (this was years ago) that in America circumcision at birth used to be pretty much routine. I wonder if that is still the case.
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