Heart attack: Difference between revisions

(11 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)

Line 1:

~~{{Construction Site}}~~

'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a rare but very serious [[complication]] of [[circumcision]].

Line 6:

Line 5:

Finally he was seen by Dr. Martin, a pulmonologist, who observed Matthew's behavior, then took Matthew away for ten minutes. When he came back he said

I'm going to be blunt," he told the Nelsons, according to Jason's recollection. "Your son does not have asthma. He's had a heart attack and is in heart failure, and he's going to have surgery within 24 hours." Matthew had "cardiac asthma," wheezing associated with heart failure. The seizure he'd had during circumcision was actually a heart attack. Martin explained that a team was en route to whisk the baby to Children's Hospital, where Richard Jonas, the cardiothoracic pediatric surgeon who had operated on Martin's nephew for the same problem, would try to save the baby's life.<ref>{{REFnews

<q>I'm going to be blunt,</q> he told the Nelsons, according to Jason's recollection. <q>Your son does not have asthma. He's had a heart attack and is in heart failure, and he's going to have surgery within 24 hours.</q> Matthew had <q>cardiac asthma,</q> wheezing associated with heart failure. The seizure he'd had during circumcision was actually a heart attack. Martin explained that a team was en route to whisk the baby to Children's Hospital, where Richard Jonas, the cardiothoracic pediatric surgeon who had operated on Martin's nephew for the same problem, would try to save the baby's life.<ref>{{REFnews

|title=Parents' perseverence helps in diagnosis of baby's rare malady

|url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2008/2008-12-22_stamfordadvocate.php

Line 36:

Line 35:

}}</ref>

Adult candidates for surgery are required to have a work-up to determine their suitability for surgery, however infant boys do not receive the same consideration. The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] long has stated that [[circumcision]] should only be performed when the infant boy is "stable and healthy",<ref>{{REFjournal

|last=Schoen

|first=

|init=EJ

|author-link=

|last2=Anderson

|first2=

|init2=G

|author2-link=

|last3=Bohon

|first3=

|init3=C

|author3-link=

|last4=Hinman

|first4=

|init4=F

|author4-link=

|last5=Poland

|first5=

|init5=RL

|author5-link=

|last6=Wakeman

|first6=

|init6=EM

|author6-link=

|etal=no

|title=Report of the Task Force on Circumcision

|trans-title=

|language=

|journal=Pediatrics

|location=

|date=1989

|season=

|volume=84

|issue=2

|pages=388-91

|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/

|archived=

|quote=

|pubmedID=2664697

|pubmedCID=

|DOI=

|doi=

|accessdate=2024-07-27

}}</ref> but nothing is done to verify the suitability of the infant to withstand [[pain| painful]], [[trauma| traumatic]] surgery. Infant boys are not even given a blood-clotting test prior to the cutting, so there are cases in which the bleeding disorder is discovered only on the operating table.

Baby Matthew was not a candidate for surgery, however he had it anyway.

==Editorial comment by Intactiwiki==

Circumcision of male children was adopted into medical practice in the late 19th century. It is essentially the practice of [[periah]] that was adopted by the Jewish rabbis in the second century AD. There is nothing modern or contemporary in the practice.

Baby boys are not born with a diseased penis, so there is no disease to treat. Circumcision of infant boys is non-therapeutic and medically-unnecessary.<ref>{{REFbook

|last=Committee on Fetus and Newborn.

|first=

|init=

|year=1971

|title=Standards and Recommendation for Hospital Care of Newborn infants

|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1971

|scope=

|location=Evanston, Illinois

|publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics

|ISBN=

|accessdate=2025-06-22

}}</ref>

Medical doctors in the [[United States]] are paid on a fee-for-service basis, so the more services the doctor performs, the greater is the [[Financial incentive| fee]] that he earns.

Introduction of modern precautions, such as ultrasound or EKG testing, have not been introduced because that would destroy the profit that drives the practice of circumcision in America, so the American practice remains much as the ancient rabbis dictated with the same degree of [[pain]], [[trauma]] and loss of function.

[[Category:Complication]]

[[~~United States of America~~]]

[[Category:USA]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{Construction Site}}
 '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is a rare but very serious [[complication]] of [[circumcision]].
@@ Line 6: / Line 5: @@
 Finally he was seen by Dr. Martin, a pulmonologist, who observed Matthew's behavior, then took Matthew away for ten minutes. When he came back he said
 <blockquote>
-I'm going to be blunt," he told the Nelsons, according to Jason's recollection. "Your son does not have asthma. He's had a heart attack and is in heart failure, and he's going to have surgery within 24 hours." Matthew had "cardiac asthma," wheezing associated with heart failure. The seizure he'd had during circumcision was actually a heart attack. Martin explained that a team was en route to whisk the baby to Children's Hospital, where Richard Jonas, the cardiothoracic pediatric surgeon who had operated on Martin's nephew for the same problem, would try to save the baby's life.<ref>{{REFnews
+<q>I'm going to be blunt,</q> he told the Nelsons, according to Jason's recollection. <q>Your son does not have asthma. He's had a heart attack and is in heart failure, and he's going to have surgery within 24 hours.</q> Matthew had <q>cardiac asthma,</q> wheezing associated with heart failure. The seizure he'd had during circumcision was actually a heart attack. Martin explained that a team was en route to whisk the baby to Children's Hospital, where Richard Jonas, the cardiothoracic pediatric surgeon who had operated on Martin's nephew for the same problem, would try to save the baby's life.<ref>{{REFnews
   |title=Parents' perseverence helps in diagnosis of baby's rare malady
   |url=https://www.cirp.org/news/2008/2008-12-22_stamfordadvocate.php
@@ Line 36: / Line 35: @@
 }}</ref>
+Adult candidates for surgery are required to have a work-up to determine their suitability for surgery, however infant boys do not receive the same consideration. The [[American Academy of Pediatrics]] long has stated that [[circumcision]] should only be performed when the infant boy is "stable and healthy",<ref>{{REFjournal
+ |last=Schoen
+ |first=
+ |init=EJ
+ |author-link=
+ |last2=Anderson
+ |first2=
+ |init2=G
+ |author2-link=
+ |last3=Bohon
+ |first3=
+ |init3=C
+ |author3-link=
+ |last4=Hinman
+ |first4=
+ |init4=F
+ |author4-link=
+ |last5=Poland
+ |first5=
+ |init5=RL
+ |author5-link=
+ |last6=Wakeman
+ |first6=
+ |init6=EM
+ |author6-link=
+ |etal=no
+ |title=Report of the Task Force on Circumcision
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=
+ |journal=Pediatrics
+ |location=
+ |date=1989
+ |season=
+ |volume=84
+ |issue=2
+ |pages=388-91
+ |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/
+ |archived=
+ |quote=
+ |pubmedID=2664697
+ |pubmedCID=
+ |DOI=
+ |doi=
+ |accessdate=2024-07-27
+}}</ref> but nothing is done to verify the suitability of the infant to withstand [[pain| painful]], [[trauma| traumatic]] surgery. Infant boys are not even given a blood-clotting test prior to the cutting, so there are cases in which the bleeding disorder is discovered only on the operating table.
+Baby Matthew was not a candidate for surgery, however he had it anyway.
+==Editorial comment by Intactiwiki==
+<i>Circumcision of male children was adopted into medical practice in the late 19th century. It is essentially the practice of [[periah]] that was adopted by the Jewish rabbis in the second century AD. There is nothing modern or contemporary in the practice.</i>
+<i>Baby boys are not born with a diseased penis, so there is no disease to treat. Circumcision of infant boys is non-therapeutic and medically-unnecessary.<ref>{{REFbook
+ |last=Committee on Fetus and Newborn.
+ |first=
+ |init=
+ |year=1971
+ |title=Standards and Recommendation for Hospital Care of Newborn infants
+ |url=https://www.cirp.org/library/statements/aap/#a1971
+ |scope=
+ |location=Evanston, Illinois
+ |publisher=American Academy of Pediatrics
+ |ISBN=
+ |accessdate=2025-06-22
+ }}</ref></i>
+<i>Medical doctors in the [[United States]] are paid on a fee-for-service basis, so the more services the doctor performs, the greater is the [[Financial incentive| fee]] that he earns.</i>
+<i>Introduction of modern precautions, such as ultrasound or EKG testing, have not been introduced because that would destroy the profit that drives the practice of circumcision in America, so the American practice remains much as the ancient rabbis dictated with the same degree of [[pain]], [[trauma]] and loss of function.</i>
 {{REF}}
+[[Category:Complication]]
-[[United States of America]]
+[[Category:USA]]