EP228: Cutting to the root of painful family tradition | PUTTING DR G ON THE SPOT
Consultant urologist Dr George Lee Eng Geap, or a.k.a Dr G, gives some advice to a new father who is thinking of breaking his family tradition of having the boys in the family circumcised.
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00:00Today, we're going to talk about the most common operation done in the world, which
00:04is circumcision.
00:11So circumcision is done in many cultures, for example, in the Jews, the circumcision
00:16is done before 7 days, and in certain cultures such as Muslim, circumcision is done just
00:22before puberty at the age of around 11 to 13.
00:26Circumcision itself obviously is cultural and is religious, and it's done in different
00:31societies.
00:32However, in some families or in some societies, it is done according to a family tradition.
00:40For example, like father, like son, and if the father had it done, they will probably
00:45impose this on their children.
00:47Is there an absolute medical indication in order to do that?
00:51Obviously circumcision itself is more hygienic for boys, because after the circumcision,
00:58the glans penis is easily cleaned without the retraction of the foreskin.
01:02And there are at least 40 studies that actually highlighted circumcision reduces the risk
01:07of sexually transmitted infection, because removal of the glans itself will actually
01:13cause keratinization of the glans penis, and then subsequently allows less bacteria to
01:20be invaded into the penis itself, causing sexually transmitted infection.
01:26In addition to that, there are multiple evidence conducted in sub-Saharan deserts of Africa
01:34showing that circumcised men are 60% less risk of getting HIV transmission.
01:41This is because of lack of lung cells without the foreskin.
01:46So is it all good and no bad things?
01:49You have to take into account between 1.5 to 5% of people who undergo circumcision may
01:56have problems with complications.
01:59And also, circumcision without anesthesia is extremely painful, therefore never ever
02:05allow your children, if to undergo circumcision, to do it without anesthesia.
02:11So on that note, every parent has to weigh out pros and cons of circumcision, and never
02:17put your kids through the operations if it's unnecessary, especially just for the sake
02:24of family tradition.
02:26For next week's final installations in the month of June, we're going to discuss something
02:32quite peculiar, it's about testicular cancer.
02:35Yes, testicular cancer can also happen in young adults in adolescence, so stay tuned
02:42for next week's Putting Dr G on the Spot.
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