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|trans-title= |language= |journal= J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
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[[File:Bleeding finger.jpg|thumb|Bleeding wound in the finger<br>Other names: Hemorrhaging, haemorrhaging]]
'''Haemorrhage (bleeding)''' is [a]n abnormal escape of blood from an artery, a vein, an arteriole, a venule or a capillary network. Haemorrhage may occur into a body cavity or organ, into tissues such as muscles, or externally by way of a wound. Internal haemorrhage often causes a HAEMATOMA. Severe haemorrhage results in dangerous loss of circulating blood volume and there may be insufficient volume to supply the heart muscle and the brain. This is inevitably fatal unless a rapid transfusion of blood is given. Insufficient circulating fluid causes the syndrome of surgical [[Shock| SHOCK]] for which fluid replacement is urgently needed. This need not be whole blood; an infusion of salt water (saline) can save life.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/H%c3%a6morrhage
|title=Haemorrhage
|accessdate=2022-01-20
}}</ref>
==Haemorrhage after circumcision==
Neonatal circumcision is an elective, medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of the healthy [[foreskin]] that is done only after parents sign a [[circumcision consent form]]. It exposes an infant to surgical risks, but does not treat or prevent disease.<ref name="deacon2022">{{REFjournal
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|title=What is the medical evidence on non-therapeutic child circumcision?
|journal= Int J Impot Res
|date=2022-01-08
|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-021-00502-y
|pubmedID=34997197
|DOI=10.1038/s41443-021-00502-y
|accessdate=2022-02-01
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[[Circumcision]] is an [[Amputation| amputative]] surgical operation that severs arteries and veins as it amputates the [[foreskin]]. As with any surgical operation, haemorrhage is an expected complication of surgery.<ref name="kaplan1983">{{REFjournal
Strong haemorrhage after a circumcision of a boy was the trigger for the [[Cologne circumcision court judgment]] in 2012.
The clotting ability of the blood is ''not'' tested prior to non-therapeutic infant circumcision as it is thought be unnecessary.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|title=Evaluation of coagulation tests before newborn circumcision: is it necessary?
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|journal=Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis
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|url=https://journals.lww.com/bloodcoagulation/Abstract/2016/03000/Evaluation_of_coagulation_tests_before_newborn.10.aspx
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===Statistics===
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|title=Circumcision bleeding complications: neonatal intensive care infants compared to those in the normal newborn nursery
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|date=2018-06
|accessdate=2022-01-21
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===Deaths===
No one collects statistics on circumcision deaths. The number of boys who die from hemorrhage after [[circumcision]] is unknown. Some have been reported. Some examples are set forth below. * Julius Katzenstein: 8-days-old, bled to death after circumcision, 14 December 1856, New York, NY, USA.* Myer Jacob Levy: 8-days-old, bled to death after circumcision, 18 April 1858, New York, NY, USA.* Michael Julian Baldwin: infant boy, 4-days-old, hemorrhage after circumcision. 21 August 1927, Monroe County, Indiana, USA.* Boma Oruitemeka: Death by circumcision, severe hemorrhage. 1990, London, England, UK.* Demetrius Manker bled to death in 1993 after circumcision in Dade County, Florida.<ref>{{REFnews |title=Baby bleeds to death after circumcision |url=http://www.cirp.org/news/1993.06.21_death/ |last= |first= |init= |author-link= |last2= |init2= |author2-link= |publisher=Miami Herald |website= |date=1993-06-26 |accessdate=2022-01-21 |quote=}}</ref>* Hiss et al. (2000) reported the death of an infant from haemorrhage following ritual circumcision in [[Israel]].<ref name="hiss2000">{{REFjournal
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|title=Fatal haemorrhage following male ritual circumcision
|journal= J Clin Forensic Med
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|accessdate=2022-01-21
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* Ryleigh McWillis died from blood loss after circumcision in British Columbia in 2002.<ref>{{REFdocument
|title=Judgement of Inquiry Into the Death of McWillis[,] Ryleigh Roman Bryan
|url=http://www.circumstitions.com/death-exsang.html
|contribution=
|last=Newell
|first=Chico
|publisher=Office of the Chief Coroner
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|date=2004-01-19
|accessdate=2022-01-21
}}</ref>
* Ryan Heydari bled to death in Ontario after circumcision in 2015.<ref name="blackwell2015">{{REFnews
|title=Ontario newborn bleeds to death after family doctor persuades parents to get him circumcised
|url=https://nationalpost.com/health/ontario-newborn-bleeds-to-death-after-family-doctor-persuades-parents-to-get-him-circumcised
|last=Blackwell
|first=Tom
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|publisher=National Post
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|date=2015-10-25
|accessdate=2022-01-21
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* "Baby R" died on 24 January 2022 at [https://www.texaschildrens.org/ Texas Children's Hospital] following a brain haemorrhage after [[circumcision]].
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Bleeding]]
* [[Blood loss danger to infants]]
* [[Death]]
* [[Penile haematoma]]
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[[Category:Circumcision complication]]
[[Category:Circumcision risk]]
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