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}}</ref> It is dangerous to give infants general anesthesia, so the only possible pain relief is local nerve block, which is now recommended if a [[circumcision]] is to be done. These are of doubtful efficacy because of multiple nerve pathways in the [[penis]], so baby boys still kick and scream, making the Circumstraint still necessary if a [[circumcision]] is to be done. Parents are reminded that infant circumcision is an unnecessary, non-therapeutic surgical [[amputation]] that does not cure or prevent disease and may permanently harms the infant boy boys by loss of the protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory functions of his [[foreskin]].<ref name="uberoi2022">{{REFjournal |last=Uberoi |first=Megha |init=M |author-link= |last2=Abdulcadir |first2=Jasmine |init2=J |author2-link= |last3=Ohl |first3=Dana A. |init3=DA |author3-link= |last4= |first4= |init4= |author4-link= |last5= |first5= |init5= |author5-link= |last6= |first6= |init6= |author6-link= |last7= |first7= |init7= |author7-link= |last8= |first8= |init8= |author8-link= |last9= |first9= |init9= |author9-link= |etal=yes |title=Potentially under-recognized late-stage physical and psychosexual complications of non-therapeutic neonatal penile circumcision: a qualitative and quantitative analysis of self-reports from an online community forum |trans-title= |language= |journal=Int J Impot Res |location= |date=2022-10-23 |season= |volume= |issue= |article= |page= |pages= |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-022-00619-8.epdf?sharing_token=PNI45K2prDaeimuuwh2oddRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Olu0vyLQThYiEEMakktG6VjUbEtE7qupxhceAgk3a4EZGb9pLr16aVxmjlqs-m9crKv1eeB6stNTLLatshQ-uu5RixAkuYNM0RvdRuq6R811jvdhME8NDB6_2J0V9n4ss%3D |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=36274189 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1038/s41443-022-00619-8 |accessdate=2022-10-28}}</ref>