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<blockquote>The function of the foreskin and the glans at birth is delicate and easily irritated by urine and feces. The foreskin shields the glans. With circumcision this protection is lost. In such cases, the glans and especially the urinary opening (meatus) may become irritated or infected, causing ulcers, meatitis (inflammation of the meatus) and meatal stenosis (a narrowing of the urinary opening.) Such problems virtually never occur in uncircumcised penises. The foreskin protects the glans throughout life.</blockquote> | <blockquote>The function of the foreskin and the glans at birth is delicate and easily irritated by urine and feces. The foreskin shields the glans. With circumcision this protection is lost. In such cases, the glans and especially the urinary opening (meatus) may become irritated or infected, causing ulcers, meatitis (inflammation of the meatus) and meatal stenosis (a narrowing of the urinary opening.) Such problems virtually never occur in uncircumcised penises. The foreskin protects the glans throughout life.</blockquote> | ||
*1990 - The AAP removed the above with no explanation. | *1990 - The AAP removed the above with no explanation. | ||
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|url=https://www.circinfo.org/AAP_in_retreat.html | |||
|title=AAP waves white flag as Vikings storm fortress circumcision | |||
|website=Circinfo.org | |||
|date=2016 | |||
|accessdate=2019-12-31 | |||
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