Besnijdenis verlaagt risico op AIDS aanzienlijk

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Aids risk 'cut by circumcision'

Men who have been circumcised may be six times less likely to contract the HIV virus than uncircumcised men, research carried out in India suggests.

The study in the Lancet journal says that the thin foreskin tissue could be highly prone to HIV infection. The latest study, which backs up earlier research in Africa, was carried out among 2,000-plus men in India. Researchers say circumcision only reduces the risk of HIV infection - other sexual diseases are not affected. A number of studies have shown that circumcision appears to lower the chances of contracting HIV.

Different susceptibility

When Aids first began to emerge in Africa, researchers found that it was more prevalent in the east and south of the continent than in the west. Differences in sexual behaviour were widely thought to be reason for this. But some scientists argued that as circumcision was more common in west Africa, it could be reducing the risk of HIV infection, as the foreskin could be more susceptible to the virus than other parts of penis. This latest research, looking at more than 2,000 men in India, suggests exactly that. Circumcision only seems to have a protective effect against HIV - other sexually transmitted diseases are just as likely to be passed on, say the researchers. They believe this may be because the foreskin contains cells that the virus specifically targets.

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Bijna elk ziekenhuis heeft een polikliniek die besnijdenissen uitvoert. Bel eerst een ziekenhuis in de buurt en vraag om informatie. Hebben ze een wachtlijst, dan kan je altijd een ander ziekenhuis proberen. Ook kun je bij je huisarts informeren naar een goed adres in de buurt. Een besnijdenis is een kleine operatie, die meestal poliklinisch wordt uitgevoerd, onder plaatselijke verdoving.

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Op vrijdag 26 maart 2004 09:36 schreef Vampier het volgende:

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Dit bericht lijkt me kink klare onzin eigenlijk... ik ben zwaar op besnijdenissen tegen... mijn standpunten hierover zijn al in een eerder topic verschenen. Net alsof een laag eelt op je dop aids tegenhoud... aids wordt overgebracht via lichaams-sappen (bloed/sperma e.d) en ik geloof niet dat behalve het laagje eelt er nog meer leeft..... vooral niet als je een spuit deelt met elkaar en je hebt een besneden sjaak.

Er staat namelijk niet in het artikel dat er seks bij gemoeid is. Dit wil dus zeggen dat het artikel op niets gebasseerd is. En onderzoeken uit die regionen vertrouw ik standaard al niet.

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They believe this may be because the foreskin contains cells that the virus specifically targets.

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Op vrijdag 26 maart 2004 09:49 schreef Vampier het volgende:

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Not really: They believe this because the skulls of morons contain retarded braincells that the media specifically targets in its quest to dummify the populace...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Circumcised men are less likely to be infected with the virus that causes AIDS because of biological reasons and not less risky behavior, scientists said on Friday.
Studies have shown that men whose foreskin has been removed are six to eight times less likely to become HIV positive but there has been some debate about the reason for the lower infection rate.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University Medical School in Baltimore, Maryland found that circumcision had a protective effect against HIV, but not against other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as syphilis or gonorrhoea.

"The specificity of this relation suggests a biological rather than behavioral explanation for the protective effect of male circumcision against HIV," Dr Robert Bollinger said in a report in The Lancet medical journal. Although male circumcision is common in the United States, the practice varies throughout the world and is influenced by cultural and religious attitudes.

Bollinger and his team studied men in India, where circumcision is not common, between 1993 and 2000. All of the 2,298 men were attending one of three sexually transmitted disease clinics and were HIV negative at the start of the study. Their HIV status and risk behavior were assessed regularly.

"These data confirm previous findings that male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV acquisition," said Bollinger.

Because circumcision did not prevent the men from infection with other STIs, Bollinger believes the study supports the hypothesis that protection is due to the removal of the foreskin, which contains cells that have HIV receptors which scientists suspect are the primary entry point for the virus into the penis.

"Our results suggest that the foreskin has an important role in the biology of sexual transmission of HIV," he said.

Some researchers have recommended male circumcision as a means to prevent the spread of HIV. Bollinger and his team called for clinical trials, where culturally acceptable, to assess the safety and effectiveness of male circumcision as a toll against AIDS.

They also stressed the need for new compounds to block the entry of the virus into the cell.

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Op vrijdag 26 maart 2004 10:10 schreef Vampier het volgende:
Amerikaanse onderzoeken zijn altijd politiek gemotiveerd en onafhankelijkheid kennen ze niet in dit land. Lijkt me nog minder te vertrouwen eigenlijk.