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There are some synechiae that are natural. Baby boys are born with the inner [[foreskin ]] fused with the [[glans penis ]] by a synechial membrane that is common to both parts,<ref name="deibart1933">{{REFjournal
|last=Deibart
|init=GA
|title=The separation of the prepuce in the human penis
|journal=Anat Rec
|date=1933-11
|volume=57
|issue=
==Penile synechia in childhood==
[[Jakob Øster| Øster]] (1968) was a school physician in [[Denmark]] where boys are not usually [[circumcised]]. Øster conducted regular examinations of school boys from age 6 through age 17 and recorded his results. Øster reported that 63% of 6-7 year old boys; 48% of 10-11 year old boys; and 3% of 16-17 year old boys had a prepuce that was not fully separated.<ref name="Øster1968">{{REFjournal
|last=Øster
|first=Jakob
==Synechia destruction prior to infant circumcision==
When an infant boy is to be [[circumcised]], as remains common a practice in the [[United States]], in preparation for the [[circumcision]], the preputial synechia must first be forcibly separated by passing a blunt probe under the foreskin in an intensely [[Pain| painful]] procedure.
==Premature forcible foreskin retraction==
Premature forcible foreskin retraction (PFFR) of a boy's [[foreskin ]] will rip the boy's synechia apart and cause severe pain and injury to the boys.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Narvaez
|init=DF
|DOI=
|accessdate=2019-10-08
}}</ref> Unfortunately, many American physicians are ignorant of normal penile anatomy and cause severe pain and grave injury to boys whom they examine in their practice. The first person to retract a boy's [[foreskin ]] should be the boy himself.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Wright
|init=JE
}}</ref>
[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision(D.O.C.)]] offers information and aid to parents of boys who have been injured and/or traumatized by PFFR.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-parents/help-with-forcible-foreskin-retraction/
|title=Wrongful Foreskin Retraction
|last=
|first=
|publisher=[[Doctors Opposing Circumcision(D.O.C.)]]
|website=
|date=2016-04-01
==Spontaneous disintegration of the synechia==
The synechia spontaneously disintegrates to release the [[foreskin]].<ref name="deibart1933" /> The disintegration usually occurs in childhood but will persist into adolescence in a few cases.
Some [[intact ]] boys will report pain when they urinate during the period in which separation is occurring. The condition is temporary and will end when separation is complete.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/penis_and_foreskin_care/#foreskin-separation |title=Foreskin separation |last= |first= |init= |publisher=The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne |date=2018-02 |accessdate=2023-08-15}}</ref>
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