I will point out that this has not yet been peer reviewed and we all (should) know correlation ≠ causation, but the international data collection is impressive, adding to eternal #circumcision debate
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2018/06/07/339465 … #pediatrics #firstdonoharm
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The research keeps pointing to infant male circumcision as the causation of SIDS. How can
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Technically, the 2012
@AmerAcadPeds statement says the risk-benefit ratio is reasonable for those who choose it (usually parents are doing it for cultural reasons) but don’t routinely recommend it. In comparison, VitK injection at birth is standard of care#Pediatrics4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Actually in the USA Docs and hospitals sell it as Medically necessary to prevent a whole host of diseases. It’s a Billion Dollar industry. Tho intactivist r using research to debunking their sales pitch to uninformed parents.
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Please avoid generalizing “docs and hospitals.” None of the places I’ve worked routinely recommended circ, and I wasn’t even trained to do it in residency. I only bring it up with parents if the boy has some condition that would actually be a contraindication, or they ask.
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Replying to @DrJenChen4kids @EnvincibleK and
I’ve only trained and worked in the USA, which would be obvious if you looked at my profile. Here is another reference that summarizes the debate and suggests how all parties can continue to provide education and have productive discussions http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2016/04/04/peds.2016-0594.full.pdf …
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Replying to @DrJenChen4kids @EnvincibleK and
Appreciate your comments Dr. Chen. To borrow a phrase from Dr. Freedman, "given the role of the phallus in our culture," I strongly resent the circumcision forced on me during my birth hospitalization. Do you think the doctor who cut me ought to apologize to me? Why/why not?
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Replying to @cooney21 @EnvincibleK and
My instinctive answer is it may be more up to your parents to apologize to you - they would have been required to consent to the procedure (or ask for it in the first place!)
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Replying to @DrJenChen4kids @EnvincibleK and
If a woman told you she strongly resented having been forced as a girl to take a pinprick to her genitals - by a US MD - would it be your "instinctive answer" to tell her only her parents, not her MD, should apologize? Suggest you read before answering:https://quillette.com/2017/08/15/female-genital-mutilation-health-benefits-problem-medicalizing-morality/ …
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My parents didn't hold the knife. They weren't even in the room. The nature & risks of the surgery weren't explained to them. They owe me an apology - for trusting a US MD.
Is it really your position that the MD who amputated my foreskin has NO responsibility for that act? #i2
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Replying to @cooney21 @EnvincibleK and
Thanks for the interesting read. I did not mean to imply the MD has NO responsibility, simply that (s)he would not be the only one who owed you an apology.
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Replying to @DrJenChen4kids @EnvincibleK and
Thank you for clarifying that the doctor who amputated my
#foreskin w/out my#consent owes me an apology for that. And thank you for helping to break down the#WhiteCoatWallofSilence that surrounds this practice.#tweetiatrician#tweetiatricians#i2#putkids1st#AAP18@AAPNews0 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
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