WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2003: Re: current UTIs / Circumcision connection

Re: current UTIs / Circumcision connection

From: Maya (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 28 Mar 2003 16:09:54 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Hillary wrote: >
>Hi everyone,
>
>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
>

Hi, my husband is uncircumcised and I've had 8 UTI's in the last 2 years! (I have no experiece with circumcised men) Well, I really can't say if there is an connection b/w UTI's and circumcision. And congratulations! It must feel great to be UTI free! I'm still trying to find what'll work for me :)

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