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- From: oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Circumcisions (Are they ever performed on adults ?)
- Message-ID: <BxtJKy.6vF@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:08:00 GMT
- References: <1992Nov15.060846.13787@ennews.eas.asu.edu> <BxsEr1.6DA@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Nov16.044856.1700@ennews.eas.asu.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov16.044856.1700@ennews.eas.asu.edu>, prado@enuxhb.eas.asu.edu (Louis A. Prado) writes...
- >In article <BxsEr1.6DA@acsu.buffalo.edu>, oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown) writes:
- >>
- >> Are there any studies regarding decreased sensitivity (or is this
- >> just hearsay)?
- >>
- >Just trust me on this one Peggy, sensitivity IS decreased :).
- >
- >
- >> >>Anyway, what options are available to adult men who were not circumsized at
- >> >>birth.
-
- >> Leaving it alone, for one.
- >
- >Well considering that wives of uncircumcised men are much more likely to
- >contract cancer of the cervix, and all the other problems previously
- >mentioned, leaving it alone doesn't sound like the best advice.
-
- Question 1: What are your sources? (I have heard of this, but
- so often studies are flawed or make incorrect conclusions.)
-
- Question 2: If indeed this is true, WHY? Is there a way to
- decrease chances of the spouse getting cancer, without performing
- circumcision?
-
- - Peggy -
-