STDs? - Men's Health Message Board

curiousE · 10-26-2003, 11:51 AM

I have heard a lot about guys that are not circumcised are more likely to get std or some infection. is this true? and what type of diseases are we more likely to get?

Magnetic · 10-26-2003, 02:26 PM

There is an increased risk for HIV, as the foreskin is more porus to the virus than regular penile skin. I don't think there is much difference otherwise.

Brently7 · 10-27-2003, 08:23 PM

I was reading some recent studies conducted, and it says that this is just a myth. There is no increased risk for uncircumcised guys.
[url="http://mensightmagazine.com/Library/circrisk.htm"]http://mensightmagazine.com/Library/circrisk.htm[/url]

Here is a site that touches upon the myth.

Magnetic · 10-28-2003, 03:29 PM

The study did not address HIV infections as far as I could read.

Brently7 · 10-28-2003, 05:14 PM

First of all that was not his question, second of all here is a exerpt from the study.

The only medical benefit of circumcision the researchers identified was that circumcised men had a slightly lower risk of experiencing sexual dysfunction later in life, reported Edward O. Laumann and colleagues from the University of Chicago.

Therfore no real risk.