They don’t just “perform it”, they *have* to ask the parents. Blame them, not the poor doctor who has to listen to the baby wail.
Where does that number come from? Circumcision doesn’t help with female urinary tract infections. They’re protected by acid. Read the other replies I’ve given and if you have a genuinely new point to add I’ll gladly give you a listen.
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I can cite many many sources. Am Fam Physician. 1998 After the first few months of life, UTIs occur far more frequently in girls than in boys, presumably because of the shorter length of the female urethra. Cleveland Clinic (image)pic.twitter.com/P0uyuZRLNW
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WebMD - But kids can get urinary tract infections (UTIs), too. Up to 8% of girls and 2% of boys will get a UTI by age 5.
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2%, those 2% can be given antibiotics, they don't need a part of their body cut off to maybe prevent an issue if they're the unlucky 1 in 50, where 49 of them will have been mutilated with no benefit, statistically.
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Oh and if girls had such great protection, why is almost 1 in 10 by these numbers getting an infection?
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And no, I don’t advise over-using antibiotics on chronic infections. Like tonsils or appendixes, if infection happens often parents should have the option to remove the problem.
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No, I categorically reject this. Doctors and parents are tasked with getting the child to adulthood in one piece.
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Wasting antiobiotics on chronic infections that could be sorted by operation contributes to antibiotic resistance. If worldwide antibiotic resistance gets any worse, the kid will be in one piece on his deathbed. And millions of regular people, too. It’s not a logical move.
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The get mad at doctors wasting antibiotics on girls with UTIs and vaginal infections, which they get a rare 10X that of boys.
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I want to hear someone use "My vagina is protected by acid" as a pickup line now. That'd be fucking badass.
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