Re: current UTIs / Circumcision connection
From: Hillary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:41:19 -0600 (CST)
Hi Maya,
I'm sorry to hear you're still getting UTIs. Different things seem to
work for different people. I'd recommend drinking lots of water...I
know, everyone says that...but I mean, really drinking lots. Like,
enough that you feel you're going to burst, and you will have to wake up
3-4 times over the course of the night to go pee. It's a bit disruptive
to your sleep schedule, but that's one technique that helped me, before
I found my current partner.
Good luck! :)
--
Hillary
At Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Maya wrote:
>
>At Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Hillary wrote:
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I wanted to share some information I recently learned about the link
>>between circumcision in males and UTI risk in females.
>>
>>I used to get UTIs very regularly after sexual intercourse--despite
>>drinking tons of water, urinating after sex, maintaining good hygiene,
>>taking cranberry pills, not using a diaphragm, etc. When I took
>>antibiotics after sex, I started getting resistant infections that were
>>very hard to shake.
>>
>>This has been a problem since I started having sex. I always had
>>partners who were circumcised. I am now with a man who is
>>uncircumcised, and although we have had intercourse very frequently
>>(about once a night for the past month), I have not had a single UTI.
>>The feeling with him is very different--far less chafing, much smoother,
>>gentler, and more natural feeling. I think that having a foreskin
>>allows him to move in a way that doesn't transfer bacteria into the
>>urethra. I used to get a UTI probably 50% of the time when I had sex,
>>so not having had one in the past month is pretty remarkable.
>>
>>I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has had UTIs or who has
>>had uncircumcised partners, or who has heard anything else about this
>>connection. I've been researching circumcision in an effort to find out
>>more, and have been shocked at the number of medical problems this
>>procedure causes (problems for men, that is--infections, erectile
>>dysfunction, lack of sensation, etc....I have not yet found any
>>literature that deals with the effect of male circumcision on female
>>partners). Knowing what I do now, I would never allow my own sons to be
>>circumcised.
>>
>>Anyway, I look forward to corresponding with anyone who has insight into
>>this. Take care, everyone!
>>
>>--
>>Hillary
>>
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