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Can circumcision be traumatizing?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Can be traumatic: Immediate traumatic effects may include scarring, hemorrhage, and infection. Several studies of newborns implicate that trauma of pain of circumcision can leave behavioral changes, some difficulty in mother infant relationship. Circumcisions are painful. A lot depends on anesthesia and sedation.Should consult pediatrician as to effects of circumcision. Part of issue may parents not present.

Answered 12/20/2014

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