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'''Bleeding''' and hemorrhage is an ever-present risk of every surgery.
  
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One of the most common complications of circumcision is excessive bleeding. Losing over 2.4 ounces of blood may cause death.
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[[Circumcision]] is amputative surgery, so there is always risk of bleeding and hemorrhage from circumcision.
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The vast majority of circumcisions performed in the United States are medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcisions performed on newborn infants in which there is no medical indication or disease of any kind present.
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Newborn infants, which weigh only a few pounds have very little blood in their tiny bodies. Loss of only a slight amount of blood can and does cause exsangination and  ''hypovolemic shock''. Losing over 2.4 ounces of blood may cause death.
  
 
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The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] (AAP) issued its last position statement on male circumcision in 2012. That statement has received unrelenting critical comment since its publication.  Under AAP policy every statement expires after five years unless re-affirmed.  The circumcision statement has not been affirmed, so it has expired. At the present time (2020) the AAP has no policy statement on circumcision.
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On August 27th of 2012 the American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) presented a new Policy Statement on Circumcision and Technical Report stating that "the benefits outweigh the risks", yet when it comes to severe complications like the ones presented here, the technical report states that "Financial costs of care, emotional tolls, or the need for future corrective surgery (with the attendant anesthetic risks, family stress, and expense) are unknown".<ref>{{REFjournal
 
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An estimated number of complications is calculated in [http://www.noharmm.org/incidenceworld.htm this page].
 
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* [http://www.circleaks.org/index.php?title=Documented_Severe_Complications_of_Circumcision Documented Severe Complications of Circumcision at Circleaks.Org]
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Bleeding and hemorrhage is an ever-present risk of every surgery.

Circumcision is amputative surgery, so there is always risk of bleeding and hemorrhage from circumcision.

The vast majority of circumcisions performed in the United States are medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcisions performed on newborn infants in which there is no medical indication or disease of any kind present.

Newborn infants, which weigh only a few pounds have very little blood in their tiny bodies. Loss of only a slight amount of blood can and does cause exsangination and hypovolemic shock. Losing over 2.4 ounces of blood may cause death.

What the AAP says

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued its last position statement on male circumcision in 2012. That statement has received unrelenting critical comment since its publication. Under AAP policy every statement expires after five years unless re-affirmed. The circumcision statement has not been affirmed, so it has expired. At the present time (2020) the AAP has no policy statement on circumcision.

UNAIDS

"[S]ome of the serious complications that can occur during the procedure include death from excess bleeding and amputation of the glans penis. Postoperative complications include the formation of skin bridges between the shaft and the glans, infection, urinary retention (this has caused deaths), meatal ulcer, impetigo, fistulas, loss of penile sensitivity, sexual dysfunction and oedema of the glans." They also acknowledge that the frequency of complications is "underestimated because events occuring after the discharge are not captured [in the discharge sheet]" and sometimes are treated at a different hospital.[1]

NOHARMM

An estimated number of complications is calculated in this page.

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ REFweb Weiss, Helen (2010). Neonatal and child male circumcision: a global review, UNAIDS. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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