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Meatitis occurs in [[circumcised ]] male infants because of the loss of the [[Immunological_and_protective_function_of_the_foreskin#The_protective_and_hygienic_function_of_the_foreskin| natural protection]] provided by the [[foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal
|last=Van Howe
|init=RS
|accessdate=2020-01-09
|note=Jan-Feb 2006
}}</ref> Ammonia forms in diapers (nappies) after the urine is exposed to air. [[Circumcised ]] infant boys are kept in ammoniacal diapers for many long hours, so the exposed [[meatus ]] suffers and becomes inflamed from the action of the ammonia.<ref name="brenneman1921">{{REFjournal
|last=Brennemann
|init=J
}}</ref>
Tuncer & Erten (2017) collected information regarding complications of [[circumcision ]] from hospital records in Turkey. They reported one case of meatitis.<ref name="tuncer2017">{{REFjournal
|last=Nusrel
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