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| | Circumcision - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Circumcision may be undertaken as a body modification of the genitals to change the looks of the penis to appeal more to certain aesthetics. | | | Circumcision is a surgical procedure, and there is a risk of complications. | | | For infant circumcision, clamps, such as the Gomco, Plastibell, and Mogen are often used. |
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| | Recent Medical Studies On Circumcision |
| | The authors believe that "neonatal circumcision may induce long-lasting changes in infant pain behavior because of alterations in the infant’s central neural processing of painful stimuli." They also write that "the long-term consequences of surgery done without anaesthesia are likely to include post-traumatic stress as well as pain. | | | In view of the acute as well as long-term risks from circumcision and the legal liabilities that might arise, it is timely for health professionals and scientists to re-examine the evidence on this issue and participate in the debate about the advisability of this surgical procedure on unconsenting minors. | | | The piece reviews the medical literature on infants’ responses to circumcision and concludes, "there is strong evidence that circumcision is overwhelmingly painful and traumatic." The article notes that infants exhibit behavioral changes after circumcision, and some men have strong feelings of anger, shame, distrust, and grief about having been circumcised. |
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| | BabyCenter -- Circumcision: Everything you need to know |
| | Some parents believe circumcision is a form of mutilation that's painful and emotionally harmful to a child. | | | Circumcision is a personal decision that you should make based on your own beliefs and after talking with your doctor. | | | Some medical evidence suggests that circumcision leads to improved health; in the short- or long-term, though, the issue is by no means clear-cut. |
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http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babyills/circumcision/55.html
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| | The Case Against Circumcision |
| | Circumcision also severs the lymph vessels, interrupting the circulation of lymph and sometimes causing lymphedema, a painful, disfiguring condition in which the remaining skin of the penis swells with trapped lymph fluid. | | | Studies performed at the University of Colorado School of Medicine showed that circumcision is followed by prolonged, unrestful non-REM (rapid eye movement) sleep.[65] In response to the lengthy bombardment of their neural pathways with unbearable pain, the circumcised babies withdrew into a kind of semicoma that lasted days or even weeks. | | | This institutionalization of what amounted to compulsory circumcision was part of the same movement that pathologized and medicalized birth and actively discouraged breastfeeding. |
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| | Circumcision |
| | When circumcision is necessary for an immediate medical reason, the surgeon would be prudent to try to preserve as much of the foreskin as possible, through some form of preputioplasty (a plastic surgery procedure that alters the shape of the foreskin but minimises the amount of skin removed). | | | If circumcision is important for religious or cultural reasons, then the mohel, or other ritual circumciser, can still perform the procedure and prayers with the assistance of an anaesthetist and surgical team at hand. | | | Although religious and cultural circumcision is frequently performed without anaesthetic as part of an important ritual act, it is an intensely painful procedure, even in newborn babies. |
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http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/menshealth/facts/circumcision.htm
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| | CIRCUMCISION |
| | Circumcision is usually a very safe surgical procedure. | | | Not only does circumcision cause pain in the penis, the newborns over all physiology is upset. | | | Babies should never be subjected to the shock of unanaesthetized circumcision. |
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http://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/t101500.asp
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| | Circumcision: painful, unnecessary procedure inflicted on the newborn |
| | Studies have shown that circumcision, far from being a harmless and painless procedure, is one of the most painful procedures that can be performed on an infant and has potentially far-reaching detrimental physical and psychological consequences. | | | Circumcision is a surgical procedure that involves forcefully separating the foreskin from the glans and then cutting it off. |
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http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/circumcision.htm
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| | Circumcision |
| | There are also no special washing precautions with newly circumcised babies, other than to be gentle, as your baby may have some mild discomfort after the circumcision. | | | In the past, it wasn't commonplace to provide pain relief for babies being circumcised, but because studies have indicated that it benefits the infant to receive anesthesia, most doctors will now provide it. | | | These risks are small, but you should be aware of both the possible advantages and the problems that can be associated with the procedure before you make your decision. |
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| | Deconstructing circumcision |
| | The other rationale for circumcision makes even less sense but is better psychoanalyzed by others. | | | Part of the problem may be that the baby docs, who do the research on the topic, are rarely present at delivery. | | | Then, contrary to the old saw that infants don't feel pain, the baby docs declared that when it comes to this little surgery, yikes, it hurts. |
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| | eMedicine - Circumcision : Article by Santos Cantu, Jr, MD |
| | Inform parents fully regarding the potential benefits and risks associated with neonatal circumcision so that they can determine whether circumcision is in the best interests of their child. | | | Consequently, parents should determine, through informed choice, whether circumcision is in the best interests of their child. | | | The relative risk of a UTI in an uncircumcised male infant is 4-10 times greater than risk in circumcised male infants, but the absolute risk of an uncircumcised male infant for developing a UTI is still only approximately 1%. |
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| | NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF ROUTINE INFANT CIRCUMCISION |
| | This document discusses routine neonatal circumcision from the negativepoint of view, because there are no good reasons to subject an infant to this unnecessary and painful procedure. | | | It is much more common for too much skin to be taken off, ranging from total denudation of the penis which requires skin grafting, to merely chronic painful erections for the rest of the patient's life, and possible bowing and curvatures resulting from uneven pull of the remaining skin. | | | There is ample reason to be concerned about the effect of circumcision on the minds of its recipients. |
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| | Male Sex Health Issues - Child Circumcision for Medical Reasons? |
| | Their influence has given many American parents the impression that child circumcision is in the same category of recommended medical procedures as child vaccination. | | | Infants experiencing circumcision are more subject to Hypovolemic Shock and Methicillin Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus (MRSA). | | | Especially in America, there is still a class of doctors who profit from this surgery and strongly recommend that you subject your child to it. |
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http://www.fathermag.com/health/circ
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| | Circumcision - from Ronnie Falcão's Midwife Archives |
| | Despite the fact that "circumcision is a painful, stressful, exhausting, and traumatic experience for many infants," as many as 45% of doctors ignore the recommendation by medical authorities to use an anesthetic during the procedure. | | | The concept of a neonatal staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, comprised of a triad of skin disorders induced by an exotoxin elaborated by certain strains of coagulase positive S aureus, is confirmed. | | | Because conclusive benefits of infant circumcision are not evident, there is no danger in refusing or delaying the procedure. |
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http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/circumci.html
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| | What is Circumcision? |
| | Monogamous women whose male partners had six or more sexual partners and were circumcised had a lower risk of cervical cancer than women whose partners were uncircumcised (adjusted odds ratio, 0.42; 95 percent confidence interval, 0.23 to 0.79). | | | This is the essence of Brit Milah -- it represents the individual's personal commitment to God.One's communal identification with Judaism is indeed a positive thing.But the mitzvah of Brit Milah teaches us that unless there is also a personal commitment, it will not endure. | | | Once this is achieved, the communal commitment will emerge on its own. |
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http://www.aish.com/literacy/lifecycle/What_is_Circumcision$.asp
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| | Open Directory - Health: Men's Health: Circumcision |
| | Circumcision Information From Dr. Gerald Weiss - Articles, medical journals, and information concerning neonatal circumcision surgery. | | | Circumcision Information Australia - Advocacy site opposing circumcision and genital mutilation. | | | CIRP: Circumcision Information and Resource Pages - Contains medical, legal, historical, ethical, religious and human rights references. |
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http://dmoz.org/Health/Men's_Health/Circumcision
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Circumcision |
| | It is strange that the universal practice of circumcision among those who profess Mohammedanism is neither based upon, nor sanctioned by, the Koran. | | | Like the law of clean and unclean, in food and daily life, it may be regarded as a practice of venerable antiquity that was adopted and adapted to express what it had not expressed before. | | | Even some Christians circumcise their children, the Copts, for instance, and the Abyssinians, in Africa; and among the Filipinos, the same may be said of most of the Tagalos, who are Catholics. |
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| | Circumcision.net provides insights to Ritual Circumcision, known in Hebrew as BRIS |
| | who performs the ritual circumcision is a person who has received specialized training in the medical and ritual aspects of the bris. | | | The moment of the bris has a great spiritual effect upon the child and therefore Jewish law specifies that one should choose a Mohel who is noted not only for his technical skills but also for his level of piety. | | | It has therefore been the tradition that a Rabbi, cantor, or spiritual leader will also serve the community as a Mohel. |
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| | NOHARMM Access Page |
| | The blue and pink ribbon web image may only be used in conjunction with the text: Genital Integrity. | | | Circumcision of healthy infants and children is not in their best interests. | | | Male and female circumcision are also different, but they share many important similarities and are two sides of the same issue - children's rights to bodily integrity and eventual self-determination. |
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| | Circumcision |
| | However, if there are no medical contraindications (e.g., hemophilia), it is incumbent for the individual to arrange for their circumcision when medically safe to do so. | | | Thus, it is pointless to attempt to argue for or against circumcision from a basis of medical need. | | | The rite of circumcision (brit milah) is one of the most ancient practices of Judaism. |
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http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/circumcision.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Feast of the Circumcision |
| | It seems, therefore, that the octave was more prominent in the early centuries, and the Circumcision later. | | | The circumcision took place, not in the Temple, though painters sometimes so represent it, but in some private house, where the Holy Family had found a rather late hospitality. | | | The psalms for Vespers are those appointed for her feasts, and the antiphons and hymn of Lauds keep her constantly in view. |
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