CIRCUMCISION: THE UNIQUELY AMERICAN MEDICAL ENIGMA.

CIRCUMCISION:
THE UNIQUELY AMERICAN MEDICAL ENIGMA.

The continuing practice of routine neonatal non-religious circumcision represents an enigma, particularly in the United States.

 

About 80 percent of the world's population do not practice circumcision, nor have they ever done so.

 

Among the non-circumcising nations are Holland, Belgium, France, U.K., Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, Scandinavia, Russia, China, Papua New Guinea and Japan.

 

People employing circumcision do so either for 'health' reasons or as a religious ritual practiced by Muslims, Jews, most black Africans, non-white Australians, and others.

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  http://www.cirp.org/library/general/wallerstein/ 

 

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CIRCUMCISION SCAR PROBLEMS.

Problems With The Scar.

Incorrectly performed circumcisions can lead to painful and disfiguring complications.

Botched circumcisions may result in excessive scarring, skin bridges, excessive skin removed and even penectomy with gender reassignment and death.

Such cases are rare, but many men do not know that abnormalities in the appearance of their penises are sometimes the results of a botched circumcision.

Occasionally, the scar can swell or become irritated during intercourse.

Some men with significant amounts of scarring have used cream or silicone scar pads to cause the scar to fade.

There is some controversy as to what happens to the severed nerves of the foreskin at the scar.

Xin et al suggest that nerves regenerate, forming new receptors.

However, pathologists Cold and Taylor assert:
"Histology of the male circumcision scar shows amputation neuromas, Schwann cell proliferation and the bulbous collection of variably sized neurites.  Amputation neuromas do not mediate normal sensation and are notorious for generating pain." 

Other men, many of whom where circumcised as adults, find the circumcision scar to be an erogenous zone in its own right.

Penile cancer can occur on the scar in some cases, the scar can form a tight constricted ring causing preputial stenosis.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_scar

 

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