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Penis circumsition in penis operation

Risks

Those against circumsition believe that the procedure is extremely painful and traumatic for a baby. "The repeated statement that babies can't feel pain is not true. Babies are as sensitive to pain as anyone else,” according to the National Organization of Circumcision information Resource Centers (NOCIRC), a non-profit educational organization formed by a group of American healthcare professionals in 1986. NOCIRC says that, like any other penis operation or surgery, penis circumsition has risks

These include:

  • Excessive bleeding
  • Infection
  • Complications from anesthetics
  • Surgical mistakes, including loss of glands and loss of entire penis
  • Death According to NOCIRC, many circumcised males suffer from:
  • Extensive scarring
  • Skin tags and skin bridges
  • Tearing and bleeding at the scar
  • Connatural of the penis
  • Tight, painful erections
  • Difficulty ejaculating
  • Impotence
  • Feelings of having been violated

l Feelings of having been mutilated "All circumcised males lose some or most of the sensitivity in their glands and all of the sensitivity in their foreskins/’ NOCIRC stresses.”Circumcision may have risks and complications not yet recognized or understood."


Penis operation

At birth, the penis consists of a cylindrical shaft with a rounded end called the glands. The shaft and glands are separated by a groove called the sulcus. The entire penis- shaft and glans—is covered by a continuous layer of skin, the section of the penile skin that covers the glands is called the foreskin or prepuce, before birth, the foreskin and glands develop as one tissue. The foreskin is firmly attached to the glands. Over time, some— times as long as 5, 10 or more years after birth, full separation between the foreskin and the glands occurs. This is called foreskin retraction. Skin cells from the glands and the inner foreskin are shed throughout life. In an uncircurncised male, this shedding takes place in a relatively closed space. With the foreskin covering the glands, the shed skin cells cannot escape in the usual manner. They escape by working their way to the tip of the foreskin. These escaping, discarded skin cells constitute smegma. Circumcision has been suggested as an effective method of maintaining penile hygiene because it prevents the accumulation of smegma under the foreskin; moreover, a circumcised penis would supposedly be easier to keep clean than an uncircumcised one. But, according to the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics (AAP), there is little evidence proving the association between circumcision and optimal penile hygiene. And as most medical experts contend, an uncircumcised penis can be as easily cleaned as a circumcised one.



Medical reasons

The American Medical Association (AMA), in its latest policy statement, says that properly performed circumcision protects against the development of:

Phimosls - tightness of the foreskin, preventing it from being drawn back over the underlying glands of the penis.

Paraphimosls - constriction of the penis behind the glands by an extremely tight foreskin that has been retracted, causing swelling and pain. It often occurs in elderly men as a complication of phimosis and requires catheterization.

Balanitis - inflammation of the glans of the penis and foreskin. The main symptom is a painful or itchy penis, and the entire area may be red and moist. These three conditions also constitute the medical reasons that justify circumcision.



Urinary tract infection

"There is little doubt that the uncircumcised infant is at higher risk for urinary tract infection (UTl)," the AMA says. All the studies for the past 15 years have shown an increased risk of UTI in uncircumcised males, with the greatest risk in infants younger than one year of age, according to the AAP However, the magnitude of this risk is debatable. The most recent studies found a three— to sevenfold increase in the risk of UTI in uncircumcised male infants compared with circumcised ones. Some studies conclude that the incidence of UTI would have to be substantially higher in uncircumcised males to justify circumcision as a preventive measure against this condition.



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