This operation is surrounded by a veil of speculation and controversy, "Why? Not harm you? Does the child circumcision hurts? " In fact, the circumcision of boys - a medical surgery (circumcision), which has both religious roots, and purely medical indications.
What causes this procedure and how it is evaluated today modern doctors, versed version of the site Kolobok.ua.
That circumcised: medical point of view
Cut, as is known, the foreskin, which develops before birth with the head of the penis as a single unit. The foreskin covers the penis as a "hood", which consists of two parts - the outer and inner (in the medical language of the two leaves). Already the newborn boy foreskin begins to separate, and ends the process in a few years, and not the fact that this process will be without complications (phimosis).
IMPORTANT.head of the penis is usually disconnected from the prepuce in 50% of cases, the rest - the process is completed as early as 6-7 years, which is part of the normal range.
WHY foreskin
Doctors generally believe that the human body has no extra parts, and the foreskin also has its important functions:
• «the hood" of the foreskin - is to protect the glans from injury and exposure to the outside;
• foreskin - the location of the sebaceous glands that produce a special segment (smegma) that advocates a kind of lubricant and protects the head from drying out;
• smegma also contribute to the fact that the foreskin is freely separated from the head - and shifted back into place;
• foreskin is riddled with nerve endings, which affect the erection and range of sensations during sex.
IMPORTANT. Sometimes babies the foreskin may be connected to the head and gives head to free (natural phimosis), but the baby is not worried. Sometimes on the surface of a member of the baby appears slightly whitish substance smegma, which is easily washed off with water (especially push back the foreskin is not necessary).
It happens that the foreskin may be red and inflamed, cause pain in a child (pathological phimosis). In this case, the child is appointed by the treatment, and if the inflammation persists, the doctor probably will suggest circumcision.
As an option - the doctor may suggest a method of gradual stretching of the foreskin.
WHERE circumcision?
From the distant past, and the reason became hygiene problems of those times, when there were shortages of clean water. The first mention appeared in ancient Egypt (in Cairo museum has a statue of Pharaoh with obvious signs of circumcision).
Jewish and Muslim physicians of the time introduced this procedure in a mandatory rule. And today, Jews and Muslims cut off the boys on the 8th day of life, in some African tribes circumcision has been held for adolescents 13-16 years.
IMPORTANT. In many religions, practicing circumcision, the sanitary component of the operation is excluded and is perceived solely as a divine sacrifice.
Circumcision: Pros and Cons
Opinion "for" circumcision express pediatricians and surgeons who have to deal with the frequent cases of pathological phimosis - a very painful situation for children.
In addition, they are in favor of circumcision oncologists who say that smegma may acquire properties during the decomposition of carcinogens and provoke cancer of the head member. While the researchers note that uncircumcised men this kind of disease is extremely rare (0.3-5% are diagnosed in men).
Advocate circumcision gynecologists, as partner circumcised men are much less likely to suffer cervical cancer, which causes the folds of flesh decomposing smegma. Doctors, however, make a reservation, that the health of its members and the regular washing of such a risk is excluded.
Opinion "against" It belongs to the children's doctors, called for an end to the barbaric procedure because of a painful shock in boys. However, this operation is now performed under local anesthesia and laser knife that protects against blood loss and infection.
Act against urologists and dermatologists, indicating that the head after cutting vulnerable and becomes very dry, which made her appear microcracks. Because of these micro traumas, according to sexologists already, the head becomes thicker, resulting in a loss of sensitivity, and therefore - and reduced levels of fun.
IMPORTANT. Human rights activists against circumcision on the grounds that the removal of any part of the body should only occur by agreement with the operation by the patient, and 8-day-old newborn boys to give such consent not can. Accordingly, the cutoff operation is inhumane.
But what about the circumcision thinks Dr. Komarovsky.
