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At birth the [[Foreskin#Foreskin_in_infancy_and_childhood|infant boy's foreskin]] is almost always [[synechia| fused]] to his [[glans]] as his [[penis ]] is not fully developed and one [[Immunological_and_protective_function_of_the_foreskin#The_protective_and_hygienic_function_of_the_foreskin| protective function of the foreskin]] is to keep feces and other foreign substances from the meatal opening and the urinary tract of the infant and toddler. That is why the only care for the [[intact]] [[penis ]] is to leave it alone, completely alone. No doctor, nurse, parent or any other care provider should ever investigate, probe or examine his [[foreskin]], especially any forced retraction which will tear foreskin from the [[glans]]. The undisturbed glans and inner foreskin [[preputial mucosa|mucosa]] is uncontaminated and any such trespasses may introduce that which the [[foreskin]] is designed to keep out.<ref name="fleiss-hodges-vanhowe1998">{{FleissP HodgesF VanHoweRS 1998}}</ref> His [[foreskin]] will naturally separate from his [[glans]] and he should be the only one to touch or retract it. When it separates, he will know and he will be retracting his own [[foreskin]]. No other person should interfere with this natural process.<ref name="Wright1994">{{REFjournal