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The '''pain''' of circumcision is extreme and traumatizing. Infant boys cry a special cry of distress. Ostwall & Peltzman (1974) noted:

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==Infant circumcision==

Little is known about current attitudes and practices regarding the use of analgesia in circumcision of the newborn. Application of analgesia prior to neonatal nontherapeutic circumcision takes additional physician time, so there may be a tendency to skip it.

Please note how the infant's lips quiver with pain.

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|title=The assessment and management of acute pain in infants, children, and adolescents

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