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[[File:PureShock.jpg|thumb|Baby in shock after circumcision]]
[[File:PureShock.jpg|thumb|Baby in shock after circumcision]]
'''Shock''' is one of the possible consequences of [[circumcision]], especially in newborns and infants at an age when effective pain suppression with general anesthesia is not possible.
'''Shock''' is one of the possible consequences of [[circumcision]], especially in newborns and infants at an age when effective [[pain]] suppression with general anesthesia is not possible.


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=== "Felt nothing" ===
=== "Felt nothing" ===
[[File:Britmila2.jpg|thumb|infant after [[Brit Milah]]]]
[[File:Britmila2.jpg|thumb|infant after [[Brit Milah]]]]
Parents are very often misled by the statement by doctors and nurses that the child did not feel anything and is now sleeping peacefully. Often the parents are not present at the circumcision either. Newborns do not yet have any or only very few blockers of the nociceptors that transmit pain sensations to the brain.
Parents are very often misled by the statement by doctors and nurses that the child did not feel anything and is now sleeping peacefully. Often the parents are not present at the circumcision either. Newborns do not yet have any or only very few blockers of the nociceptors that transmit [[pain]] sensations to the brain.


When circumcision techniques last several minutes, children often go into a freeze, which was previously misinterpreted as falling asleep peacefully and which led to the belief that babies felt no pain. Measurements in such cases resulted in an usually 3 to 4 times increased cortisol value, which corresponds to a severe [[shock]] state.<ref>{{REFjournal
When circumcision techniques last several minutes, children often go into a freeze, which was previously misinterpreted as falling asleep peacefully and which led to the belief that babies felt no pain. Measurements in such cases resulted in an usually 3 to 4 times increased cortisol value, which corresponds to a severe [[shock]] state.<ref>{{REFjournal
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We owe the perception of pain to so-called nociceptors, free nerve endings that are excited when the body is injured or damaged. These specialized nerve cells are distributed all over the body; they send their signals via the spinal cord to the brain, where the excitation is then processed and interpreted as pain. The number of nociceptors exceeds that of all other receptors and their reporting system is largely independent of other sensory channels such as the sensation of warmth or touch. This shows how central the perception of pain is for the organism.<ref>{{REFweb
We owe the perception of [[pain]] to so-called nociceptors, free nerve endings that are excited when the body is injured or damaged. These specialized nerve cells are distributed all over the body; they send their signals via the spinal cord to the brain, where the excitation is then processed and interpreted as pain. The number of nociceptors exceeds that of all other receptors and their reporting system is largely independent of other sensory channels such as the sensation of warmth or touch. This shows how central the perception of pain is for the organism.<ref>{{REFweb
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  |title=Schmerzlich, aber unabdingbar