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that can result in death. He points out that post-operative circumcision pain can last for 10-14 days.<ref name="elhaick2016" />
Elhaik lists [[skin ]] breaking procedures such as heel sticks and seasonal respiratory viral infection as additional stressors.<ref name="elhaick2016" />
Elhaick observes that the SIDS rate in the UK where the NHS does not perform non-therapeutic circumcision is 0.38 per 1000 as compared with the US rate of 0.55 per 1000 where most male infants are circumcised.<ref name="elhaick2016" />