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==Childhood==
The foreskin is protective of the glans penis in childhood. Van Howe (1997) reported data collected in his pediatric practice on 468 boys up to 18 years of age. Among boys less than three years of age, circumcised boys were significantly more likely to have a reddened meatus or balanitis.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Van Howe |first=RS |author-link= |coauthors= |title=Variability in penile appearance and penile findings: a prospective study |journal=Brit J Urol |date=1997-11-01 |volume=80 |issue=6 |pages=776-81 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1046/j.1464-410X.1997.00467.x |quote= |pubmedID=9393302 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00467.x |accessdate=2019-10-01}}</ref> Boys who have been circumcised are likely to experience balanitis caused by exposure to ammonical ammoniacal diapers (nappies).<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Simpson
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|coauthors=Baraclough P
|title=The management of the paediatric foreskin
|journal=Australian Family Physician
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|accessdate=2019-07-10
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