Psychological injury of male circumcision: Difference between revisions

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==Behavioral effects of unanesthetized infant circumcision==
==Behavioral effects of unanesthetized infant circumcision==
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===Feelings and behavior of circumcised men===
===Feelings and behavior of circumcised men===
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==More research needed==
==Autism spectrum disorder==


Preliminary investigation has established an association between child circumcision and alexithymia and autism spectrum disorder. Association does ''not'' establish cause and effect. More investigation and research is needed.
After the medical community belatedly learned that infants actually feel pain, Howard, Howard, & Weitzman (1994) tested the use of acetaminophen (paracetamol) for post-surgical pain following neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision.<ref name="howard1994">{{REFjournal
 
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Bollinger and Van Howe (2011) associate [[Alexithemia| alexithymia]] with the trauma of circumcision.<ref name="bollinger2011">{{REFjournal
|first=Cynthia R.
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  |first=Dan
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|first2=Fred M.
  |last2=Van Howe
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  |first2=Robert S.
|last3=Weitzman
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|first3=Michael L.
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|title=Acetaminophen analgesia in neonatal circumcision: the effect on pain
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}}</ref> The relief by this mild analgesic was slight, but doctors started to prescribe acetaminophen (paracetamol) to relieve the post-circumcision surgical pain of newborn boys. An increase in the incidence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has occurred. Bauer & Krebel (2013) have shown an ecological link between the use of acetaminophen for post-circumcision pain and ASD.<ref name="bauer2013")>{{REFjournal
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  |title=Alexithymia and Circumcision Trauma: A Preliminary Investigation
  |title=Prenatal and perinatal analgesic exposureand autism: an ecological link
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  |journal=International Journal of Men’s Health
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Morten & Simonsen (2015) associate neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision with autism spectrum disorder.<ref>{{REFjournal
Morten & Simonsen (2015) associated neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision with autism spectrum disorder.<ref>{{REFjournal
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  |title=Ritual circumcision and risk of autism spectrum disorder in 0- to 9-year-old boys: national cohort study in Denmark
  |title=Ritual circumcision and risk of autism spectrum disorder in 0- to 9-year-old boys: national cohort study in Denmark
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==More research needed==
Preliminary investigation has established an association between child circumcision and alexithymia and autism spectrum disorder. Association does ''not'' establish cause and effect. More investigation and research is needed.
Bollinger and Van Howe (2011) associate [[Alexithemia| alexithymia]] with the trauma of circumcision.<ref name="bollinger2011">{{REFjournal
|last=Bollinger
|first=Dan
|author-link=Dan Bollinger
|last2=Van Howe
|first2=Robert S.
|author2-link=Robert S. Van Howe
|etal=no
|title=Alexithymia and Circumcision Trauma: A Preliminary Investigation
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=International Journal of Men’s Health
|location=
|date=2011
|volume=10
|issue=2
|pages=184-95
|url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/676d/b908ff4629702b99da6d77739d1300370bd4.pdf
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|pubmedID=
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