Circumcision myths and facts

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Cancer

Circumcision does not reduce the risk.

• https://www.cancer.org/cancer/penile-cancer/causes-risks-prevention/prevention.html

Trauma

Wondered what your baby went through?

• https://www.yourwholebaby.org/circumcision-videos

HIV

Circumcision does not reduce the risk.

• https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/for-professionals/alleged-medical-benefits/hivaids/

HIV resources:

• http://www.drmomma.org/2014/01/hiv-aids-circumcision-resources.html

Pain

Long term consequences of high levels of pain in infants

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1595204/

Pain of circumcision and inadequate pain relief:

• https://www.yourwholebaby.org/pain-management-research
• https://www.cochrane.org/CD004217/NEONATAL_pain-relief-for-neonatal-circumcision
• http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/

96% of infants circumcised are done so without pain relief. The pain relief given (remaining 4%) is proven only mild relief with infant heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels still rising greatly during the procedure:

• http://www.thewholenetwork.org/twn-news/infant-circumcision-with-anesthesia-does-it-really-help-the-pain

Pain management/The effectiveness of anesthesia:

• http://www.drmomma.org/2008/11/the-effectiveness-of-anesthesia-for.html

Penile inflammation

In young boys ...

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17475991/

Psychological consequences

of circumcision

• https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-psychological-impact-of-circumcision-Goldman/eea28835decfde7b18af936e42d7e257c66c9336?p2df

Permanent trauma on the boys brain:

• https://iaim.net/extreme-trauma-from-male-circumcision-causes-damage-to-areas-of-brain/

Risks

of circumcision:

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30502236/?i=24&from=infant%20circumcision

Sensitivity

Decrease in penile sensitivity long term.

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23374102/

SIDS

Increased risk due to circumcision.

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6412606/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5083856/

STI

Circumcision does not reduce the risk.

• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081655/

UTI

and Circumcision

• https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/.../urinary.../

UTI are a complication of circumcision:

• http://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/

UTI resources:

• http://www.savingsons.org/2014/11/uti-resource-page.html

Research by subtopic:

• IntactHealth.org/research

Other aspects

Nursing home debate

• https://www.littleimages.org/blog/nursing-home-debate/