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'''Bleeding''' and hemorrhage is an ever-present risk of every surgery. | '''Bleeding''' and hemorrhage is an ever-present risk of every surgery. | ||
[[Circumcision]] is amputative surgery, so there is always risk of bleeding and hemorrhage from circumcision. | [[Circumcision]] is amputative surgery that severs blood vessels, so there is always risk of bleeding and hemorrhage from circumcision. | ||
The vast majority of circumcisions performed in the United States are medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcisions performed on newborn infants in which there is no medical indication or disease of any kind present. | The vast majority of circumcisions performed in the United States are medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic circumcisions performed on newborn infants in which there is no medical indication or disease of any kind present. | ||
Newborn infants, which weigh only a few pounds have very little blood in their tiny bodies. Loss of only a slight amount of blood can and does cause exsangination and ''hypovolemic shock''. Losing over 2.4 ounces of blood may cause death. | Newborn infants, which weigh only a few pounds, have very little blood in their tiny bodies. Loss of only a slight amount of blood can and does cause exsangination and ''hypovolemic shock''. Losing over 2.4 ounces of blood may cause death. | ||
== What the AAP says == | == What the AAP says == | ||