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'''Intact-friendly''' and '''foreskin-friendly''' are | '''Intact-friendly''' and '''foreskin-friendly''' are interchangeable terms used in the [[United States]], where non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] of boys has been generally practiced, to describe health-care providers who are knowledgeable regarding care of the [[intact]] natural [[penis]] with a [[foreskin]]. | ||
The extraordinary ignorance of many American health-care providers regarding the human foreskin, a natural body part, makes these terms necessary.<ref>{{REFjournal | The extraordinary ignorance of many American health-care providers regarding the human foreskin, a natural body part, makes these terms necessary.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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}}</ref> It is said that the only thing doctors learn in medical school about the human foreskin is that it is to be cut off! | }}</ref> It is said that the only thing doctors learn in medical school about the human foreskin is that it is to be cut off! | ||
Ignorant doctors are likely to confuse a normal healthy developmentally non-retractable boy's [[foreskin]] with [[phimosis]] and recommend an unnecessary [[circumcision]]. | |||
Parents need to be especially wary at their [[intact]] son's visit to a doctor for any reason.<ref>{{REFjournal | Parents need to be especially wary at their [[intact]] son's visit to a doctor for any reason.<ref>{{REFjournal | ||
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4. Risk of urethral ulcer causing urethral stenosis, as well as recurrent UTI, urinary tract infections. | 4. Risk of urethral ulcer causing urethral stenosis, as well as recurrent UTI, urinary tract infections. | ||
5. | 5. Risk of scarring from recurrent infections, leading to inelasticity of the foreskin. | ||
6. Risk of paraphimosis (inability to replace the foreskin after retraction, a urologic emergency), due to swollen and/or inelastic tissue. | 6. Risk of paraphimosis (inability to replace the foreskin after retraction, a urologic emergency), due to swollen and/or inelastic tissue. | ||
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This information illustrates the need for parents to be certain that their [[intact]] son's healthcare provider is intact-friendly. | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Development of retractable foreskin]] | * [[Development of retractable foreskin]] | ||
* [[Forced foreskin retraction]] | |||
* [[Foreskin Care for Boys]] | * [[Foreskin Care for Boys]] | ||
* [[Foreskin restoration information for circumcised teens]] | |||
* [[United States of America]] | |||
{{REF}} | {{REF}} | ||
[[Category:Education]] | |||
[[Category:Term]] | [[Category:Term]] | ||
[[Category:Parental information]] | [[Category:Parental information]] | ||
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[[Category:USA]] | [[Category:USA]] | ||
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