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What are the risks of air travel after infant circumcision?
There are no additional risks associated with air travel after infant circumcision. However, if your infant was born early, you should talk to your doctor before taking the newborn on an airflight.
Does medical cover infant circumcision if you are still in high school?
No.
Why is routine infant circumcision so popular?
Infant circumcision is far less popular than it used to be. Apart from within Judaism and Islam, infant circumcision is uncommon everywhere in the world except the United States. Even in the United States, circumcision is far less common than it used to be. In the 1980s up to 80% of newborn males in the United States were circumcised. By 2007, the rate of circumcision had dropped to less than 40%. The large drop is due in part to the recognition that there is no known medical benefit to circumcision.
How can you get circumsized?
Adult circumcision should be performed by a doctor. In the Jewish religion, infant circumcision can also be peformed by a Mohel, a ritual circumcizer.
Is there government assistance for circumcision?
No, government health care programs like Medicaid in the United States or the National Health Service in the UK do not provide infant circumcision since it is not a medically necessary procedure. Circumcision has no known medical benefits, and no major medical association recommends routine infant circumcision. Circumcision caries with it serious risks of adverse outcomes including prolonged bleeding, infection, severe pain, and surgical error that can result in damage to the penis.
How can I get involved in ending infant male circumcision in the US?
Contact Intact America at the link below.
How long will it take the penis to heal after infant male circumcision?
The penis will heal in seven to 10 days.
Circumcision and HIV?
There is new research that shows that circumcision does not reduce the ability to get hiv.
What is the biblical basis for infant baptism?
Infant baptism is based on the belief that baptism is a sign of God's covenant with believers, similar to circumcision in the Old Testament. Some Christians argue that since infants were included in the covenant in the Old Testament, they should also be included in the covenant of baptism in the New Testament.
Circumcised but loose?
Good question. Have your doctor check it out. Circumcision is an imprecise form of surgery you were probably not completely mutilated the outcome of infant circumcision is never apparent only later in life. count yourself Lucky.
Does medical cover infant circumcision?
Considering that infant circumcision is no longer considered a medically necessary procedure and is in fact more likely to be harmful then not, leads most most insurance companies to not cover it. Answer The best thing to do is to check with your insurance company. Not sure it is one of those excluded procedures.
What countries have ruled circumcision illegal?
No country has ruled circumcision illegal However In Germany the circumcision of an infant or child is illegal and considered assault , as is also the case with female genital mutilation.
