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==Childhood==
The [[foreskin]] is protective of the [[glans penis ]] in childhood.<ref>{{GairdnerDM 1949}}</ref> [[Robert S. Van Howe|Van Howe]] (1997) reported data collected in his pediatric practice on 468 boys up to 18 years of age. Among boys less than three years of age, [[circumcised]] boys were significantly more likely to have a reddened meatus or balanitis.<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Van Howe
|init=RS
|DOI=10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00467.x
|accessdate=2019-10-01
}}</ref> Boys Infant boys who have been [[circumcised]] are likely to experience balanitis caused by exposure to ammoniacal diapers (nappies).<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Simpson
|init=E
|DOI=
|accessdate=2019-07-10
}}</ref> Hsieh et al. (2006), working in Taiwan, where boys are not [[circumcised]], examined 2,149 elementary pre-adolescent schoolboys. Hsieh et al. found ''only'' one case of balanitis in the 2,149 [[intact]] 2,149 boys,<ref>{{REFjournal
|last=Hsieh
|init=TF
Balanoposthitis is ''not'' usually an indication for circumcision.
==Diabetic Yeast infections and diabetic males==
Diabetic males who have high sugar in their [[urine]] may have recurrent yeast infections. Verma & Molina (2011) report that balanoposthitis caused by yeast infection is prevalent in India where circumcised men are rare and the rate of diabetes is high.<ref name="verma2011">{{REFjournal
* [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]]
* [[Issues with American urologists and the practice of male circumcision]]
* [[Penis]]
* [[Preputial sac]]
* [[Regret men]]
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[[Category:Medical term]]
[[Category:Penile disorder]]
[[Category:Penile illness]]