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Circumcision Problems Impair HIV Prevention: Study
Sept. 1, 2008
By Laura MacInnis
African health workers need more training and better tools to circumcise men and boys safely for HIV prevention, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) study chronicling "shocking" rates of complications.
As many as 35 percent of males circumcised by traditional practitioners in Kenya's Bungoma district suffered complications such as bleeding, infection, excessive pain and erectile dysfunction from the procedure, the WHO researchers found.
"Other common adverse effects reported were pain upon urination, incomplete circumcision requiring recircumcision, and laceration," they wrote, estimating 6 percent of patients had life-long problems as a result.
© 2008 Reuters
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 2 September 2008
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