Most of these are (small) risks.
Those marked * are (inevitable) detriments. |
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1 |
Infection and sometimes death |
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2 |
Haemorrhage and sometimes death |
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3 |
*Pain / shock, and sometimes death |
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4 |
Meth[a]emoglobin[a]emia, brain damage and possibly death, if EMLA cream is used to anaesthetise a newborn |
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5 |
Necrotising fasciitis ("galloping gangrene") |
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6 |
*Damage (scarring, pitting) to the glans or *shaft. In the case of Dustin Evans Jr, the scarring caused a urethral stricture (narrowing of the urinary tube), and it was during an operation to relieve this that he died. |
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7 |
Urethral fissure/fistula |
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8 |
Scaphoid megalourethra |
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9 |
"Trapped/buried penis" |
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10 |
*Occlusion of penile venous system |
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11 |
Urinary Tract Infection |
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12 |
Meatitis |
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13 |
Meatal ulcer |
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14 |
Meatal stenosis |
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15 |
Multiple pyogenic [caused by pus] granuloma - a series of papillomatous [brushlike] growths around the circumcision wound |
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16 |
Eczema of the glans and meatus |
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17 |
Oedema of local tissue |
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18 |
Loss of *sensitivity / impotence |
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19 |
*Reduced volume of penis |
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20 |
May shorten the penis:
"Circumcised men had shorter erect penises than uncircumcised men (p<0.05)."
- Richters J, Gerofi J, Donovan B. Are condoms the right size(s)? a method for self-measurement of the erect penis. Venereology 1995; 8(2): 77-81.
"No! He'll need every inch!" - the grandfather in Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!!
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21 |
Painful erections |
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22 |
Wound re-opening (in adulthood) |
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23 |
Chafing from underwear
"Other circumcised men complain of life-long irritation of the exposed glans as it comes in contact with clothing during normal activity." - "Sensitivity is the Rising Issue on Circumcision" by Dr. Sandra Pertot, "Australian Doctor" 25 November 1994
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24 |
Production of ugly scar tissue, skin-bridges, skin-tags, malapposition (rejoining on the twist) and/or suture holes |
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25 |
*Breach of bodily integrity |
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26 |
*Breach of human rights |
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27 |
*Breach of property rights |
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28 |
Psychological trauma, resulting in eg. elective muteness |
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29 |
Because he had had enough of a struggle just to be born, and deserved no more pain |
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30 |
*Loss of an organ for stimulating the partner and retaining semen in the vagina after ejaculation |
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31 |
*Greater need to use lubricant for masturbation or intercourse
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32 |
Loss of an organ for *play, docking, etc. |
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33 |
Loss of skin for plastic surgery of hypospadias |
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34 |
Loss of skin for plastic surgery to eyelids |
| 35 | Loss of skin to line the vagina in male-to-female sex-reassignment surgery |
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36 |
Loss of protection against frostbite.
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37 |
Because the foreskin evolved over tens of millions of years and every male mammal has one. / Because God knew what S/He was doing when S/He put it there. / Because Nature knows best. |
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38 |
Because it aint broke: don't fix it |
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39 |
Because he will almost always be glad you didn't |
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40 |
*Cost (That's why Elvis was intact.) |