Hygiene
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The word hygiene comes from Greek, and it means "the protection and promotion of health." Keeping the body clean is only part of what it takes to be healthful. In some cases, excessive washing can actually cause health problems.
Ignorance and misinformation
Misinformation abounds regarding the hygiene of the intact penis. In the United States, especially, doctors tend to be ignorant, misinformed, or simply uninformed concerning the hygenic care of intact men and children, and this happens for a variety of reasons. As of yet, America is primarily country where circumcision is prevalent, and thus intact male genitals are unfamiliar. Many American medical doctors, are ignorant of the subject because they are themselves circumcised, wives to circumcised men, and/or mothers to circumcised children. Additionally, care of the intact male genitals is rarely mentioned in medical school. The foreskin and the proper care for intact genitals tends to be absent in pediatric literature.[1]
This this article provides factual information to help medical personnel and parents understand the proper care of the penis in its unaltered state.
The AAP concerning circumcision and hygiene
One of the most common alibis cited for non-theraputic circumcision is that it is supposed to facilitate hygiene. However, according the "Circumcision Policy Statement" produced by the "Task Force on Circumcision" appointed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which was published in Pediatrics in 1999 and reaffirmed on September 1, 2005, "there is little evidence to affirm the association between circumcision status and optimal penile hygiene".[2]