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| Swingers Board Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 114 Location: San Francisco
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Men: Scary News If You Had a Vasectomy Men who have had a vasectomy face a higher risk of developing a rare form of dementia characterized by a steady loss of language skills, Reuters reports of new research from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Specifically, the male sterilization technique has been linked to a neurological condition called primary progressive aphasia, or PPA. The study: The team surveyed 47 men who had PPA and were being treated at Northwestern's Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center and 57 men who did not have PPA. All of the men ranged in age from 55 to 80. Typically affecting men over age 50, PPA is sometimes mistaken for Alzheimer's disease because the initial symptoms are so similar. Like Alzheimer's it is incurable, but in PPA the nerve cells die only in the area of the brain that governs language skills. Symptoms include faulty recollection of names of people and things, difficulties in speech, reading and writing, and poor comprehension. The results: Forty percent of the men who had PPA had undergone a vasectomy, compared with just 16 percent of those who didn't have the disease. Those who had vasectomies also suffered the onset of PPA four years earlier than those who weren't sterilized. It gets worse: Preliminary data also linked vasectomies to another form of dementia involving behavioral changes, reports Reuters. Of 30 men who had frontotemporal dementia, more than one-third had had a vasectomy. Study leader Sandra Weintraub acknowledged that the study was very small, and until more research confirms the findings she says men should not stop getting vasectomies. She also admitted it's the kind of news that scares men--and the women who love them. "I was hoping not to, but unfortunately it's the kind of news that ends up scaring people even though they may not need to be scared," Weintraub told Retuers. "This was just a clinical observation that started with one of my patients telling me that he first noticed the onset of his symptoms a couple of years after he had a vasectomy, and he wondered whether that might have something to do with it. In his mind, these things were connected." How can a vasectomy cause PPA? Weintrab theorizes the surgery may allow sperm to leak into the blood, which would cause the immune system to produce antibodies to fight the sperm. That might trigger damage that would in turn cause dementia. The research findings were published in the journal Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology. Anyway it seems to me those of you men here who have vasectomies might want to keep track of this subject. And I really don’t know if the monitors here would find this an acceptable excuse to post the Web Url, so if anyone wants to check on this I suggest using the title of this article in a search engine. My best wishes in the end the findings will turn out to be unrelated coincidence or something of the like and as stated towards the articles end there really is nothing to worry about. Just though you'd like to be informed is all |
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| Your Hostess Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 29,294 Location: In my House Status: Female Swing Lifestyle Name:swingersboard
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URLS to articles are allowed we just don't allow promotional/ advertising URLs. (sometimes it's a fine line and a judgement call that we have to make).
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| Swingers Board Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 218 Location: CT Status: couple
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hmmm, if i remember correctly, my mind started going about the time I started having wet dreams, and reading playboy. In all seriousness, I was very reluctant to have the procedure, due to other health concerns. In the end I am glad I did, as I dont think my health, mental or otherwise, could handle having to raise kids a second time. |
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| Opera and muscle cars! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 127 Location: Boulder, CO Status: Single male Swing Lifestyle Name:edmustang
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One thing I learned very well in graduate school is that numbers can be made to say just about anything, depending on how you phrase the questions. Any "connection" between vasectomies and PPA could very well be random chance. Dr. Weintraub even admitted that the study was small and that "it's the kind of news that ends up scaring people even though they may not need to be scared," Yet that didn't stop her from broadcasting the idea and getting all kinds of publicity for it. Hmmm..... Further, once you make any kind of a connection it's not all that hard to find some theory to explain it, no matter how ludicrous. Since no one has yet disproven the theory, it will get even more press coverage. Hmmmm..... This is why I don't watch the news anymore. I wouldn't take it too seriously. |
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| Opera and muscle cars! Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 127 Location: Boulder, CO Status: Single male Swing Lifestyle Name:edmustang
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On a personal level...getting a vasectomy was such a great thing for me, it would be worth the risk.
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| South of disorder Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,973 Location: Utah Status: Single Male
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One thing this article makes it sound like is that 40% of those that get vasectomies also get PPA. The word "unusual" is used to describe PPA, but the word not used is "rare", which you'll find on the National Aphasia Association's website. Unfortunately there are not any figures regarding cases per thousand, ten thousand, million, etc. So how rare I could not find. The fact is that PPA is "rare" and that of all those "rare" cases 40% also had a vasectomy. 60% did not have a vasectomy. Now, I also have to wonder what percentage of men get vasectomies. Is it about the same? I think the media did a great disservice leaving this point out and sensationalizing the issue. Mr. WS |
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| Here to Stay Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 74 Location: Texas Status: Couple
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I had mine about 10 years ago and I have definitely noticed myself getting dumber, Or maybe i was always dumb and just didnt pay any attention to it. lol I do not regret getting it done. |
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| Fun and Pleasure Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 950 Location: SouthWest Status: Couple
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Have your testosterone level checked. I wonder if the men with PPA have low levels? It does affect thinking and feeling. |
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| Has Left the Building Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 293 Location: UK Status: Couple
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Great, just GREAT!!! I was snipped 15 years ago and read of increased cancer risks following a vasectomy around a week later. Now this, too. You think "Mother Nature" is telling us something? Like once you can't reproduce no more, your reason for living from "her" point of view becomes diminished so why let you hang around taking up the planet's resources? Wonder if a reversal makes any difference? |
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| Here to Stay Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 91 Location: Indiana Status: Male Half of Couple Swing Lifestyle Name:BCandC
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At this rate, with all these new risks these "researchers" are discovering, I can't help but think I'm going to die someday. Nah, can't be.
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Had mine well over 20 years ago. One of the single most hilarious medical events I was ever subjected to. And to think that some day it will cause me to lose my mind...well, I've got a lot of forget'n to do, maybe this'll help! Firing blanks has been and continues to be a B L A S T! |
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