A reserch shows that circumcision can reduce the infection rate of HIV in heterosexual men by 50% as a research on two african trial shows. The trial was too stunning that the the US National Institutes of Health found it too corrupt that they had to stop the trial earlier. Althought, it was a great break through i could no replace the standard method of HIV prevention such as the condom.
The trial in Kenya found a 53% reduction in new HIV infections in heterosexual men who were circumcised while the Ugandan study reported a drop of 48%. Results last year from a study in 3,280 heterosexual men in South Africa, which was also stopped early, showed a 60% drop in the incidence of new infections in men who had been circumcised.
The reasons why circumcision may save u from HIV is because some of the cell on the foreskin might be possible target of the infection and also after circumcision the skin under the foreskin is less sensitive and would not bleed so it is less prone to infections.
Personal Views:
Circumcision, the removal of unwanted skin on the penis. I found this study very prominent as HIV is a very deadly virus and as more ways of prevention from the infection are discovered, it means lesser chance of catching it. Althought lesser chance of getting infected is a good thing but it is still not a full protection from it, I think that prevention should be all about ourself. An example is knowing the preson's health condition before sex or do not go around having sex with random people not knowing what kind of disease they have.
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