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Parents face so many difficult decisions when it comes to having a child: decisions about nursing, sleep patterns, discipline, teaching methods and, in the case of boys, whether or not to circumcise. In addition to being the most common surgery for males in the U.S., circumcision has been practiced in various cultures for centuries. Yet when it comes to the health and best interest of your newborn, is circumcision the way to go?
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Local Foreskin Problems
Infections, Phimosis, etc.
It is a simple fact of biology that the infections males contract are the exact same infections females contract (at a 4X higher rate) and they are easily treatable with the same medications with an equal prognosis for successful treatment. Circumcision of either males or females to avoid these infections are an extreme intervention given the risk of death inherent in the procedure.
Phimosis: The incidence of phimosis is at most 1%. Of these cases, only 1% does not respond to non-invasive treatment at most. Evidence of this is exhibited by the lifetime circumcision rate among Swedish males of 1 in 18,000. For every non-surgically, non-treatable case of phimosis, 2.5 infants will die of their circumcisions.
It can not be concluded that circumcision will have an effect on psoriasis or eczema. There is simply no evidence of this.
- Frank OHara
August 8, 2008 5:22AM
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