Thursday, March 10, 2016

Making A Decision About Newborn Circumcision

By Gary McDonald


Circumcision for the baby boys is the decision of the family or parents for their children. It is not a medical requirement given by the doctor or government after birth. Some let their children be circumcised for religious, medical, cultural, social, or other reasons that are important to them.

It becomes complicated and riskier when the child or boy gets older. This is the reason why newborn circumcision is commonly done and is being advised by many. Nevertheless, medical or health reason in circumcising is still being debated since there are lots of boys who are still healthy upon growing up even if he has not been circumcised when he was still an infant.

Uncircumcised penis is still easy to clean and take care of, so hygiene is not really a problem. Yet, it is all up to the parents which decision they will make. But in deciding, the baby must be healthy and stable before undergoing the procedure.

In getting a balanced decision, parents must ask advice from professionals or doctors. Even though undergoing this has some benefits, these benefits are still not sufficient for it to be recommended to all infants. There will always be disadvantages and advantages that have to be known.

A doctor from the city Toronto, On had said that he is not in favor of this procedure to babies who are not at least born for twenty four hours.because there might be certain issues that were not diagnosed. In his statement, he had added that to decide whether to circumcise or not should be done before or soon after the birth.

Based on the research of a particular American Pediatrics, there are some medical benefits that a newborn baby could get after circumcision. This reduces the risk for penile cancer, sexually transmitted diseases, foreskin infections, urinary tract infections and Paraphimosis. However, because men are not prone to these, these are not huge benefits after all.

Parents may decide not to let their babies undergo this especially if they get certain reasons, especially health reasons. Surgical risks, penile damage, pain, bleeding, injury, inflammation are the complications the child may acquire after being circumcised. Meanwhile, these risks are just low.

Parents need to remember certain things whenever they decided to have their baby into circumcision. They should know when and where it will take place, how it is done, what are the risks and their occurrence. Most importantly, one must learn on taking care properly the penis that was circumcised.

Circumcision is not done or even accepted by everyone, since it is a free will the people or of man, and it is not in the law of man. But for parents who want nothing but the best for their babies, be knowledgeable about the situation and the process, and be prepared on the possible consequences of the decisions made. Nevertheless, all of the factors must be considered upon making the decision that would lead to a better choice.




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