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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 | 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 | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</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 | |||
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|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 | |||
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|pages=38-47 | |||
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Tuncer & Erten (2017) collected information regarding complications of circumcision from hospital records in Turkey. They reported one case of meatitis.<ref name="tuncer2017">{{REFjournal | Tuncer & Erten (2017) collected information regarding complications of [[circumcision]] from hospital records in Turkey. They reported one case of meatitis.<ref name="tuncer2017">{{REFjournal | ||
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|DOI=10.12669/pjms.336.13640 | |DOI=10.12669/pjms.336.13640 | ||
|accessdate=2022-01-19 | |accessdate=2022-01-19 | ||
}}</ref> This is highly suspect and deceptive because meatitis would be unlikely to develop until after the patients leave hospital and so would not be captured by hospital records. | }}</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. | ||
Meatitis may progress to [[meatal stenosis]]. | Meatitis may progress to [[meatal stenosis]]. | ||
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