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Does any one know if the statistics take in consideration...

other factors?

so i was reading through the pros & cons of circumcising boys on a bunch of sites & i kept reading that cutting tends to lower the risks of illness weather its from infection from poor hygiene or from stds, but did they take into consideration that most of those world wide who are cut are done for religious reasons, and those same religions also teach abstinence & that adultery(sex out of marriage) is a sin.

also when it comes to those who are not cut & the very small percentage of them who developed UTIs as babies, what is the correlation between infections & exclusive nursing on demand. since breast feeding leads to better a immune system.

does anyone know where i can find info on circumcision with these factors factored into the equation?

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flowersmama

Asked by flowersmama at 12:24 AM on Jul. 9, 2012 in Kids' Health

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  • Well I know my husband isn't cut and he wishes he was. As for the religious factor it is against several religions to have sex before marriage, but most still do. Also, usually the infections associated with be circed or not aren't going to be affected by a breastfed immune system. The stats are based solely on who is cut and who isn't, who has had how many of these infections and who hasn't and then the findings are tallied into a statistic. 
    luvmygrlz

    Answer by luvmygrlz at 12:38 AM on Jul. 9, 2012

  • I think the problem with the circumcision battle is that there is no definitive 'science' for either side of the battle. It comes down to person feeling so on the matter and in some cases religious factors. I will say this... I encourage you to look up how the procedure is done. That may help ou in your decision making process.
    Anonymous

    Answer by Anonymous at 12:40 AM on Jul. 9, 2012

  • No idea.
    But as it has been pointed out, because you were raised in a religion that teaches abstinence does not mean that you stay a virgin until you are married. So the religious aspect might still be skewed. Most hospitals when I had mine simply had you sign the release for the minor surgery as a matter of course, not for religious reasons but just because it was thought to be healthier for the child. A parent of course could opt out but rarely did and it did not matter what their religion. So I am not sure how accurate the study would be anyway.
    Dardenella

    Answer by Dardenella at 1:08 AM on Jul. 9, 2012

  • my son is 4 & is not cut, i am not expecting any new kids just yet. i was simply asking if anyone knew where i could find the correlations & outside factors. also it would love to see race/region factors as well, because science has proven these two things to be important in other health related studies.
    flowersmama

    Comment by flowersmama (original poster) at 1:48 AM on Jul. 9, 2012

  • As for this: also when it comes to those who are not cut & the very small percentage of them who developed UTIs as babies, what is the correlation between infections & exclusive nursing on demand. since breast feeding leads to better a immune system.

    I am not sure if this factor was corrected for/adjusted for. I think the statistics about the slight increased likelihood for UTIs in the first year of life are from a study that used a sample of babies with intact foreskins who were left intact because they were premature infants. This would leave them already more at risk for infection/illness, anyway. I'm not sure that there's any data from healthy, full-term infants suggesting that not circumcising may result in a slight increase in the chance of a UTI in the first year of life. (I've never seen that info; the footnotes I remember seeing have been for the other study.)
    girlwithC

    Answer by girlwithC at 6:10 AM on Jul. 9, 2012

  • I don't know about the UTIs as babies, but when they are figuring for STDs, the results would come, to a point, from the men themselves. I'm sure when they are getting the information from these men, they are asked if they've had sex and possibly even how many partners they've had. Then they probably either eliminate those men who haven't had sex or have some kind of formula to help them get a more accurate number.
    wendythewriter

    Answer by wendythewriter at 8:08 AM on Jul. 9, 2012

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