Circumcision and its benefits

Dear Editor, WHERE the wind blows, there, most simpletons go; but men of common sense need reason to act. Why, so, must you get medically circumcised? To break the ice, medical male circumcision is the complete removal of the foreskin that covers the head of the penis and is performed under local anaesthesia in a sterile setting, by well trained medical personnel.

Foremost, voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) improves hygiene and, we all know, cleanliness is next to godliness. As you climb up the hygienic ladder, accordingly, so your self esteem soars. You part for good with your smegma and it's emanation, the day you embrace circumcision.

Secondly, VMMC reduces the risk of getting STIs and HIV. As an HIV prevention strategy, it has been proved to reduce the risk of contracting HIV by 60%. As regards other STIs, VMMC reduces the risk of getting ulcerative diseases; chancroid and syphilis for instance.

Phimosis and paraphimosis are both conditions of the foreskin. The former is the contraction of the foreskin ( either as a stage of development or a pathological condition) which prevents it from being retracted. The latter is a medical condition where the foreskin becomes trapped behind your glans. I remind you, here with gladness, that circumcision prevents both phimosis and paraphimosis.

Reduced risk of penile cancer (cancer of the penis) and in children, reduced risk of urinary tract infections augment the significance of circumcision. Conclusively, as we live for others here on earth, you will please, if you have, your female partner as being circumcised decreases their risk of getting infected with HIV and, or HPV; which causes cervical cancer.

Being circumcised, it should be noted, is not a password to promiscuity. You still reap what you sow. I hear, finally, you asking: does it pain? does it change my penis size or drive? The operation, as early mentioned, is done under 'local anaesthesia'. This means medical methods are employed to eliminate pain in the organ or zone being worked on. The latter question, kind reader, I leave to your coming or thus obtained experience to figure. Remember, benefits of VMMC are forever!

By Matambo AndreaB, Lusaka