HIV: men with large foreskin a new 'at risk' group
Martin
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Larger foreskin size is associated with an increased risk of becoming
infected with HIV, investigators from the Rakai circumcision study
report in the October edition of AIDS.
“Larger foreskin size is a risk factor for HIV acquisition in
uncircumcised men”, comment the investigators.
Several African studies have shown that circumcised men have a lower
risk of becoming infected with HIV than uncircumcised men. The Rakai
study was one of these studies, and showed that men who underwent
circumcision at the beginning of the study had a 48% lower risk of
infection than men randomised to remain uncircumcised.
Investigators from the Rakai circumcision study hypothesised that the
size of an individual's foreskin may be associated with an increased
risk of HIV infection, due to the larger surface area containing cells
vulnerable to HIV infection.
They therefore analysed men in the clinical trial who had previously
taken part in a cohort study to see if they could find an association
between the size of the foreskin measured at the time of circumcision
and the risk of HIV acquisition in uncircumcised men prior to the
removal of their foreskin.
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They conclude, “a larger foreskin area was associated with an
increased risk of HIV acquisition”, a finding which they suggest has
implications for circumcision providers who “should avoid leaving
excess residual foreskin tissue after circumcision.” Although this is
a particular problem with the forceps-guided procedure used in the
study, because it leaves a margin of mucosal skin of up to 1cm, the
invetsigators also note that this remaining mucosal surface is still
substantially smaller than that measured in the lowest-risk group in
this study.
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5,389 days and counting...
windinghighway
> They conclude, “a larger foreskin area was associated with an
> increased risk of HIV acquisition>
Makes sense, as HIV can directly infect langehans cells in the
foreskin, and if there are more cells available, infection is more
likely..
ProfQ
> <http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/63F5B591-3529-41AA-977C-31DD828EF6EF.asp>:
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> Larger foreskin size is associated with an increased risk of becoming
> infected with HIV, investigators from the Rakai circumcision study
> report in the October edition of AIDS.
BULLSHIT
> “Larger foreskin size is a risk factor for HIV acquisition in
> uncircumcised men”, comment the investigators.
BULLSHIT
> Several African studies have shown that circumcised men have a lower
> risk of becoming infected with HIV than uncircumcised men.
BULLSHIT
> The Rakai
> study was one of these studies, and showed that men who underwent
> circumcision at the beginning of the study had a 48% lower risk of
> infection than men randomised to remain uncircumcised.
>
> Investigators from the Rakai circumcision study hypothesised that the
> size of an individual's foreskin may be associated with an increased
> risk of HIV infection, due to the larger surface area containing cells
> vulnerable to HIV infection.
HYPOTHESISED. The rest is utter crap!
> They therefore analysed men in the clinical trial who had previously
> taken part in a cohort study to see if they could find an association
> between the size of the foreskin measured at the time of circumcision
> and the risk of HIV acquisition in uncircumcised men prior to the
> removal of their foreskin.
>
> [...]
>
> They conclude, “a larger foreskin area was associated with an
> increased risk of HIV acquisition”, a finding which they suggest has
> implications for circumcision providers who “should avoid leaving
> excess residual foreskin tissue after circumcision.” Although this is
> a particular problem with the forceps-guided procedure used in the
> study, because it leaves a margin of mucosal skin of up to 1cm, the
> investigators also note that this remaining mucosal surface is still
> substantially smaller than that measured in the lowest-risk group in
> this study.
>
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TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE CRAP!
ProfQ
>> increased risk of HIV acquisition>
>
> Makes sense, as HIV can directly infect langehans cells in the
> foreskin, and if there are more cells available, infection is more
> likely..
>
>
will not get AIDS while men with 12" cocks will stand 100% chance of
getting AIDS.
WHAT ABSOLUTE AND UNADULTERATED TAURUS FAECES.
David Z
news:hggghh$vug$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
BULLSHIT
TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE CRAP!
Jack
There you go again--showing off your skills as a rhetorician.
David Z
news:8801c527-d1f5-4ba8...@n35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
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There you go again, missing the point entirely.
The comments in CAPS were comments made by the original poster, not me. I
was just feeding his own crap back to him, just like I do to you, ignoramus.
Perhaps, if you hadn't blown what was left of your memory on booze, you'd be
able to figure that out by yourself. But with virtually no memory left,
that's become less likely as time goes on.