Does getting circumcised hurt

Answer 1

Yes, getting circumcised hurts. Circumcision in boys and adults has a very painful two to three week recovery period following the surgery. Even in the best recovery, you can expect severe pain, especially if you happen to get an erection any time in the first two weeks.

Newborn infants are circumcised without anesthesia. During the surgery they are strapped down to a special table, and without any numbing or anesthesia, the foreskin is cut off. Newborn infants have full sensation, just like adults. Circumcision, like any surgery, also has risks of adverse medical events including surgical error, infection, prolonged bleeding, and of course severe pain.

Answer 2

It can be without any type of numbing cream. An anesthetic is given via injection or cream to numb the penis. There are several techniques for performing circumcision. The choice of which technique is used depends on the physician's preference and experience.

Answer 3

Yes, getting circumcised hurts. Circumcision in boys and adults has a very painful two to three week recovery period following the surgery. Even in the best recovery, you can expect severe pain, especially if you happen to get an erection any time in the first two weeks.

Newborn infants are circumcised without anesthesia. During the surgery they are strapped down to a special table, and without any numbing or anesthesia, the foreskin is cut off. Newborn infants have full sensation, just like adults. Circumcision, like any surgery, also has risks of adverse medical events including surgical error, infection, prolonged bleeding, and of course severe pain.

In addition to the extreme pain encountered by infants especially if they don't go into a mind numbing shock as a result some also suffer post traumatic stress syndrome with all of the associated mental and emotional problems that can result.

Hell yea

Yes, but the doctor can give you pain medication for the first few days, when the pain is at its worst.

It's generally pretty painful. Many men characterize the pain following circumcision as severe. Circumcision can also have effects on sexual function. The removal of the foreskin causes the glans (head) of the penis to become less sensitive, which reduces pleasure during sexual intercourse.

HARM CAUSED BY CIRCUMCISION

The increasing doubts about Jewish circumcision are based on the understanding that it causes harm. Anatomical, neurochemical, physiological, and behavioural studies confirm what mothers already know: infants feel pain. Drs. Anand and Hickey, in a comprehensive review of recent medical literature on newborn pain, conclude that newborn responses to pain are "similar to but greater than those in adult subjects." This study is accepted by virtually all medical authorities and is often cited in the literature whenever there is a discussion of infant pain. As a surgical procedure, circumcision has been described as "among the most painful performed in neonatal medicine." Studies of infant responses show that the pain of circumcision is not like that of a mere pin prick. It is severe and overwhelming.

The relationship between infant pain and vocal response needs explanation. The cry may be reduced by the effect of anaesthetics given to the mother during labor. These anaesthetics enter the infant's body and, according to paediatrician T. Berry Brazelton, it can take over a week to leave. Other factors can also account for minimal vocal response. Justin Call, infant psychologist and professor-in-chief of child and adolescent psychology at the University of California, reports that "sometimes babies who are being circumcised . . . . Lapse into a semi-coma." Tonya Brooks, president of the International Association for Childbirth at Home and a midwife, observes, "In four of the nine circumcisions that I have seen, the baby didn't cry. He just seemed to be suddenly in a state of shock!" Studies demonstrate that even though an infant may not cry during circumcision, the stress hormone level in the blood still increases dramatically, and medical researchers consider this change to be the most reliable indicator of pain response. Therefore, lack of crying does not mean that the infant feels no pain. It could mean that he is withdrawing from unbearable pain.

Circumcision has other harmful effects. Anand and Hickey write that

the persistence of specific behavioural changes after circumcision in neonates implies the presence of memory. In the short term, these behavioural changes may disrupt the adaptation of newborn infants to their postnatal environment, the development of parent-infant bonding, and feeding schedules. Psychiatrist Rima Laibow agrees that circumcision significantly impairs mother-infant bonding. Other researchers conclude that circumcision has "behavioural and psychological consequences." The American Academy of Paediatrics Task Force on Circumcision notes increased irritability, varying sleep patterns, and changes in infant-maternal interaction after circumcision. Canadian investigators report that during vaccinations at age four to six months, circumcised boys had increased behavioural pain response and cried for significantly longer periods than did uncircumcised boys, a possible indication of post-traumatic stress disorder. Other long-term effects have not been studied.

(source The Jewish circumcision resource center.)

No. The screaming they do, elevated heart rate and blood pressure, sudden and extreme muscle tension and the other signs of stress that their bodies display are really signs of delight and comfort. They just look and sound like they are being tortured because their nervous systems are immature. Any mother knows that a screaming infant is under stress. You would think physicians are smart enough to figure it out.

I think the reasons that anesthesia is not routinely used for infant circumcision are:

• Doctors do know that there are risks anaesthetising newborns, and with a kind of backward logic they prefer not to use it for a procedure that is not even medically indicated in the first place.
• The evidence that there is unnecessary pain and stress would ordinarily be the complaints and/or lawsuits brought by patients. Newborn boys have no defense and no way to complain, do they?

Answer 4

Yes The foreskin is probably the most sensitive part of the boy and it is very difficult to block the pain while it is being done. In the case of baby's it is often done with no anesthetic as they are dangerous to infants it is a terrible experience for them.

Answer 5

It is an extremely painful operation In the case of adults there is no pain during the operation however when the anesthetic wears of be prepared for a lot of pain and discomfort.

It is no different for a new born ans newborns are circumcised within a day or so of being born The job is done without anesthetic as using one at that early age would be dangerous. The baby screams during the early part of the operation and then settles down, This happens because the child goes into shock for a time.

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Answer 6

Yes! The pain is at its worst for the first few days.

Answer 7

Yes.

Answer 8

Yes