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Meatitis occurs in [[circumcised ]] male infants because of the loss of the [[Immunological_and_protective_function_of_the_foreskin#The_protective_and_hygienic_function_of_the_foreskin| natural protection]] provided by the [[foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> Ammonia forms in diapers (nappies) after the urine is exposed to air. [[Circumcised]] infant boys are kept in ammoniacal diapers for many long hours, so the exposed [[meatus]] suffers and becomes inflamed from the action of the ammonia.<ref name="brenneman1921">{{REFjournal |last=Brennemann |init=J |author-link= |last2= |init2= |author2-link= |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/complications/brennemann1/ |title=The ulcerated meatus in the circumcised child |journal=Am J Dis Child |date=1921 |volume=21 |issue= |pages=38-47 |accessdate=2022-01-19}}</ref>

Tuncer & Erten (2017) collected information regarding complications of [[circumcision ]] from hospital records in Turkey. They reported one case of meatitis.<ref name="tuncer2017">{{REFjournal

}}</ref> This is highly suspect and deceptive because meatitis is a late complication that would be unlikely to develop until after the patients leave hospital and so would not be captured by hospital records.

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