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Pain
,→Traumatic effect of infant circumcision
===Traumatic effect of infant circumcision===
There is now substantial evidence that infant circumcision causes post traumatic stress disorder. All of the requirements are present.
Taddio & colleagues (1995)(1997) studied the effect of neonatal circumcision on the behavior of boys after surgery and at the time of vaccination. It was found that circumcised boys had a higher pain response at time of vaccination as compared with intact boys.<ref name="taddio"1995">{{REFjournal
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|last2=Katz
|first2=JoeyJoel
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|last3=Ilersich |first3=A Lane
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|last4=Gideon |first4=Koren
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|title=Effect of neonatal circumcision on pain response during subsequent routine vaccination
|issue=9052
|pages=599-603
|url=https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10315/7941/KAT036.pdf?sequence=1&origin=publication_detail
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