tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post213050605587825184..comments2024-01-17T13:16:10.378-08:00Comments on Joseph4GI: CIRCUMCISION DEATH: A Casual Report of a Circumcision Death Makes the NewsJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14190648498809795551noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-8509226155840672122015-10-26T07:10:55.198-07:002015-10-26T07:10:55.198-07:00Joseph, one correction. The news report is about t...Joseph, one correction. The news report is about the 9 week old baby who died following a severe beating by the father. What is mentioned incidentally is that the couple lost another baby one year before, and that other baby was the one that died from a circumcision.<br /><br />In other words, the one that died from the circumcision (Duane) would have remained in the shadows, hadn't his brother (Chance) been brutally killed by the father (and despised by the mother for not being Duane).dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708824168962037873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548248685729133691.post-31429969497675867062015-10-19T17:59:31.793-07:002015-10-19T17:59:31.793-07:00The cause of death is likely to be one of the most...The cause of death is likely to be one of the most common complications of circumcision -- meatal stenosis. Occurring ONLY in circumcised boys and men, meatal stenosis is the narrowing of the meatus (the opening of the urethra). Two possible causes are posited: (1) irritation of the glans because there's no foreskin to protect it; or (2) ischemia, due to removal of the frenulum and other tissue, causing disruption in blood flow and death to the tissue around the opening of the urethra.The only treatment for meatal stenosis is surgical re-opening of the closure with a scalpel. Obviously, if the meatus closes completely, the baby cannot urinate; if the parents don't realize what's going on, and don't take him for immediate medical care, he will die. Partial meatal stenosis affects an unknown percentage of boys and men of all ages. It often causes them to pee in two streams, or to pee slowly (and not be able to empty their bladders completely). Most men don't realize that what they're dealing with is a complication of circumcision. The way to totally prevent meatal stenosis is to stop circumcising boys.Georgannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14241109406614688930noreply@blogger.com