The testimonials on this blog are from real people who (mostly) come from the USA. This blog serves to document common circumcision complications and the prevailing ignorance surrounding this archaic practice. Singly, reports of circumcision harm are dismissed as anecdotal. Collectively, these reports are proof that circumcision damages boys and the men they become. "Intelligence is being able to learn from your mistakes; Wisdom is being able to learn from the mistakes of others."
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Friday, December 30, 2016
4 types of female circumcision (FGM)
There are mainly four types of FGM, these are:-
Type I, also called clitoridectomy: Partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or the prepuce (aka female foreskin).
Type II, also called excision: Partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora. The amount of tissue that is removed varies widely from community to community.
Type III, also called infibulation: Narrowing of the vaginal orifice with a covering seal. The seal is formed by cutting and re-positioning the labia minora and/or the labia majora. This can take place with or without removal of the clitoris.
Type IV: All other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, for example: pricking, piercing, incising, scraping or cauterization.
Type II, also called excision: Partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora. The amount of tissue that is removed varies widely from community to community.
Type III, also called infibulation: Narrowing of the vaginal orifice with a covering seal. The seal is formed by cutting and re-positioning the labia minora and/or the labia majora. This can take place with or without removal of the clitoris.
Type IV: All other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, for example: pricking, piercing, incising, scraping or cauterization.
Dr. Christopher Guest gives some prenatal education
Dr. Christopher Guest discusses the history of circumcision, medical myths surrounding it, and the function and anatomy of the intact penis. This video is a powerful resource tool for prenatal education.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeAXantm4tE&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeAXantm4tE&feature=youtu.be
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Monday, December 26, 2016
Saturday, December 24, 2016
DANISH RESEARCHERS SHOCKING STUDY: CIRCUMCISION SCARS THE PEE HOLE "URINARY STRICTURE DISEASE (USD) Meatal stenosis
DANISH RESEARCHERS SHOCKING STUDY: CIRCUMCISION SCARS THE PEE HOLE
"URINARY STRICTURE DISEASE (USD) Meatal stenosis is markedly more common in circumcised than genitally intact males, affecting 5–20 per cent of circumcised boys.
"By using comprehensive epidemiological data from the Urologic Diseases in America Project, researchers estimated that male USD in the United States is the cause of more than 5000 inpatient visits and approximately 1.5 million office visits per year at an annual cost of approximately US$ 200 million.57 To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first to report on the potential impact of circumcision on the burden of USD beyond the first few days or months of life.
"In conclusion, our two-part epidemiological investigation corroborates longstanding clinical knowledge that non-therapeutic circumcision puts boys at markedly elevated relative risk of USD. These findings, combined with clinical evidence that somewhere between 5% and 20% of circumcised boys will eventually develop meatal stenosis, call for a thorough assessment of the burden of urethral troubles and other adverse outcomes after non-therapeutic circumcision of boys." ~Morten Frisch & Jacob Simonsen
Published by Elsevier on behalf of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
These findings are consistent with the report that Johns Hopkins Medicine removed from its website last spring after I posted it. "
*** Johns Hopkins Medicine REMOVES INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE FROM ITS WEBSITE *** Fortunately the Internet remembers. "Pediatric urologist Ming-Hsien Wang had seen one too many parents with complaints about their child’s “office procedure” to correct meatal stenosis, a common complication of circumcision characterized by a difficult-to-aim urinary stream and painful, prolonged urination due to the development of scar tissue at the urethral meatus and frequent urinary accidents."
https://www.facebook.com/notes/brother-k/med-school-removes-incriminating-evidence-of-common-circ-complication/673697429454081
http://www.thesurgeon.net/article/S1479-666X(16)30179-2/fulltext
https://web.archive.org/web/20150226191457/http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/a-kid-friendly-approach-to-meatal-stenosis.aspx
http://www.thesurgeon.net/article/S1479-666X(16)30179-2/fulltext
https://web.archive.org/web/20150226191457/http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/a-kid-friendly-approach-to-meatal-stenosis.aspx
Friday, December 23, 2016
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Monday, December 19, 2016
Sunday, December 18, 2016
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2016
"I made an educated decision to circumcise my son" rebuttal
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"No respected medical board in the world, not even the AAP, recommends circumcision for infants. All of them, including the AAP in their latest statement, state that there isn't sufficient evidence to warrant this endorsement, much to the chagrin of circumcision advocates.
It is simply not possible, then, that parents who defend their decision to have their male children circumcised "did their research."
Parents who claim having "done their research" and choose in favor of circumcision take an unfounded position against the best medical authorities of the West.
"We've done our research" is, then, a poor attempt at sounding intelligent, that human rights activists in the know will see through rather quickly.
Let it be clear...
No respected medical organization endorses male infant circumcision, not even the AAP. The most respected medical organizations in the West have weighed the current body of evidence, and have found it to be insufficient to recommend the circumcision of infants.
It is simply not possible, then, that parents who choose in favor of circumcision "did their research."
It is fallacious to expect lay parents to examine the same body of evidence, and come up with a more reasonable conclusion than that of entire organizations of medical professionals." -J4GI
"I made an educated decision to circumcise my son."
Did you? Really? That can be easily verified.
POP QUIZ:
1-a) In what style did you choose to circumcise your son:
a) Low and Loose.
b) Low and Tight.
c) High and Loose.
d) High and Tight.
e) Radically High.
f) Radically Tight.
g) Dorsal Slit.
h) Button Hole.
1-b) What are the benefits and negatives of each style?
2-a) What method of circumcision did you request for your child?
a) Plastibell.
b) Mogen Clamp.
c) Gomco Clamp.
d) Freehand.
e) Traditional Mohel.
f) Traditional Tribal.
g) Electro-cauterization.
2-b) What are the risks and possible complications associated with each method?
3) What are the most common possible immediate complications of the circumcision surgery?
4) What is the most common possible LATE term complication of circumcision? (from circumcision to 12 years.)
5) What is the greatest risk factor for ADULT men circumcised in infancy?
6) What is the most common cause of foreskin infection in boys that have NOT been circumcised?
7) How do you clean and care for a circumcised boy's penis immediately after circumcision (from circumcision to healing)? List all necessary steps.
8) How do you clean and care for a circumcised boy's penis after healing? List all necessary steps.
9) How do you clean and care for a boy's penis who is intact (has not been circumcised)? List all necessary steps.
10) How does an adult care for his own penis that has:
a) been circumcised?
b) never been circumcised?
*Bonus Question*
What are the 16 functions of the foreskin lost to circumcision?
If you cannot answer the above questions, you did NOT research, or make an educated decision to circumcise your son.
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