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== Trauma ==
Wondered what your baby went through?
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.yourwholebaby.org/circumcision-videos
|title=Types of Circumcision - Graphic Content Warning
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== HIV ==
== HIV ==
'''Myth:''' [[HIV]] can be prevented by the "vaccine" [[circumcision]].
'''Myth:''' [[HIV]] can be prevented by the "vaccine" [[circumcision]].
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== [[Pain]] ==
== [[Pain]] ==
Long term consequences of high levels of pain in infants
Long term consequences of high levels of circumcision [[pain]] in infants
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96% of infants circumcised are done so without pain relief. The pain relief given (remaining 4%) is proven only mild relief with infant heart rate,  blood pressure, and cortisol levels still rising greatly during the procedure:
96% of infants [[circumcised]] are done so without [[pain]] relief. The pain relief given (remaining 4%) is proven only mild relief with infant heart rate,  blood pressure, and cortisol levels still rising greatly during the procedure:
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== Sensitivity ==
== Sensitivity ==
Decrease in penile sensitivity long term.
Decrease in penile sensitivity long term.
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== SIDS ==
== SIDS ==
Increased risk due to circumcision.
Increased risk due to circumcision.
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== STI ==
== STI ==
Circumcision does not reduce the risk.
Circumcision does not reduce the risk.
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== Trauma ==
Wondered what your baby went through?
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.yourwholebaby.org/circumcision-videos
|title=Types of Circumcision - Graphic Content Warning
|publisher=[[Your Whole Baby]]
|accessdate=2021-11-12
}}
== UTI ==
== UTI ==
'''Myth:''' [[UTI]] ([[urinary tract infection]]s) can be prevented by [[circumcision]] in childhood.
'''Myth:''' [[UTI]] ([[urinary tract infection]]s) can be prevented by [[circumcision]] in childhood.
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{{SEEALSO}}
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]]
* [[Alleged reasons for circumcision]]
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* [[Circumcision#Non-medical_indications_for_circumcision|Circumpendium: Non-medical indications for circumcision]]
* [[Circumcision#Non-medical_indications_for_circumcision|Circumpendium: Non-medical indications for circumcision]]
* [[Trauma]]
* [[Trauma]]
 
* [[United States of America]]
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[[Category:Myth]]
[[Category:Myth]]
[[Category:Parental information]]
[[Category:Parental information]]