Benefits of circumcision by medical science

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Benefits of circumcision
Among the many groups issued statements against circumcision at the moment is the NOCIRC (National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Centers), NOHARMM (National Organization to halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males), Norm (National Organization of Restoring Males), recap (Re-cover A Penis) and Buff (Brothers United for Future Foreskins).

Many experts regard the child support and good practice of circumcision among boys, among them Dr. Edgar J. Schoen. He never appointed as Acting Chairman of the Committee in the U.S. Due to the Khitan (Task Force on Circumcision of the American Academy of Paediatrics) in 1993 and now is an associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of California at San Francisco. He also served as Chief of Pediatrics at Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California for 24 years.

WebMD Medical News dated March 6, 2000 report on the research that he did together with his colleagues, and they discover from "89 cases of penile cancer, 87 of them are from men who are not circumcised." Instead, they formulate, circumcision prevents men from penile cancer, and these findings have been published in the journal Pediatrics. (Neil Osterweil, Experts Disagree on Whether Procedures Should Be Routine, WebMD Medical News, Health Lycos, March 6 2000)

In a decision of the studies conducted in South Africa proved circumcised reduce the rate of HIV infection among men hektroseksual by 60%. The study, reported in the Public Library of Science Medicine, found these results in studies involving 3.280 men.

In addition, there are many studies that have been done that show circumcision prevents various diseases. The risk of a woman suffering from cervical cancer (cervix) is higher if the partner is not circumcised. One study conducted in the Kashmir Valley in 1993 showed that circumcised at this practice causes percent of cervical cancer is low when compared to other regions in India.

According to Dr. Edgar J. Shoen, a renowned child expert, injuries often occur in sexual intercourse the foreskin when it was he who was not infected with the bacteria berkhatan sexually infectious diseases, particularly Syphilis, kankroid and genital herpes. (Dr. Edgar J. Shoen, Circumcision A Lifetime of Medical Benefits, Medicirc, 2000) Dr. Gerald Weiss, a surgeon, asserted without circumcision, the part under the skin covering the head of the penis will be the dwelling place various types of germs and this increases the risk of getting an infection.

Sometimes this condition will be issued an unpleasant stench. Reported in 1982, 95% of cases of urinary tract inflammation that infects infants aged 8 months 5 days occurred in those who were not circumcised. This disease can cause fever, pain when urinating and vomiting and among the complications that can happen is kidney damage.

Research Dr. Tom Wiswell of America reinforces this finding. The same effect can also occur in men who are not circumcised and these findings have been reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in 1992.


Female circumcision has become an international issue hotly debated today. Many of the circles in the West who opposed it and consider it a member of genital mutilation after the death and several injuries in girls are circumcised. However, before this, there are many figures in American medical practice that supports female circumcision, for example, Dr. W.G. Rathmann (MD) from Centinella Hospital in Inglewood, California. He wrote about women's circumcision goodness in 1959 and his writings have been published in GP magazine, issue September, 1959. (WG Rathmann, MD, Female Circumcision: Indications and a New Technique, GP, vol. XX, no. 3, pp. 115-120, September, 1959)


Islamic scholars differ about this practice, there are and some against it. The most significant is the passage dealing with it is invalid, in fact, it is not the practice that matters. It is more important and should take precedence is keeping women's rights, education and maintenance of their honor. Alhamdulillah, this assertion as mentioned by Dr. Yusuf Qaradawi in a fatwa Fatwa recently any. (Dr. Yusuf Qaradawi, Advanced Fatwa fatwa, al-Hamidy Foundation, 1996, p. 554-555) Dr. Yusuf Qaradawi in a fatwa Fatwa Advanced also argue, it all depends on the parents to their children. If they want their child to circumcision, he was required, and vice versa if they are reluctant to do so, he does not become a mistake. However, for those who tend to mengkhatan their daughters, he suggested that dikhatankan little of the skin, according to a hadith of the Prophet peace be upon him: "Cut a little bit and do not get to the roots because the curve face and please her husband." (Hadith Daif)


With that the best approach to deal with the loss of the woman or done by those who are not authorized, the medical service needs to be improved so that they are circumcised can get the best medical service.
   

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