Oh, how do you deal with this.... keep in mind that in formulating a resonse I have to comply with certain guidelines against speaking out against circumcision.
This is a mother dealing with circumcision adhesions, I'm paraphrasing as required. I already posted the links and information from the recent adhesions post that came up here (basically that the AAP recommends leaving alone, and this is a common occurance, and a re-circ is unnecessary) to try to help, but she went back to the doctor this morning and the doctor ripped the adhesions.
Background:
son is 7 months old and is circumcised.
problem is the skin on his shaft reattaching to the head.
They still having to keep Vaseline on it.
It will reattach even if missed at one diaper change
Someone else watched the baby and didn't use Vaseline
Every time mother goes to ped he has to "fix" it by gently pulling the skin back down
Poor baby screams bloody murder
Baby is a bit chunky down so maybe that is half the problem?
Wonders if the doc who did it not take off enough skin?
The last time mother went to the ped I asked and he said basically he will grow out of it.
Posting an update after today's appointment
The ped "fixed" the problem, by pulling down the skin and seperated it.
He basically said, like he always says, that it is better he do it now rather than later.
Ped explaining how he had do to a recirc on a 5 year old becasue the parents didn't want to fool with pulling the skin down etc. and the boy is now so scared and timid. Poor thing.
Pedi did however say that if I choose to leave it alone he will be just fine.
(contradiction, but wait, then the pedi says......
He will be able to have "relations" but when he starts to have erections it can be painful and therefor son may not tell parents because of embarrasement.
Mother decided that she needs to have him fix the problem should it happen again, but will avoid the adhesions reforming (vaseline, etc)
Further information and we find out that she didn't research and doctor didn't tell her any information either, and some posters wanted to know what type of circ, because maybe if a certain type of method leads to more adhesions, less people would use that method.
Mother says, "I don't know what type of circ he had, to be honest I had no idea there was several types. I never did research because for me getting a circ was the "thing" to do KWIM? I wonder if there is a way to find out?"
And then the pedi explains to the mother that the same thing can happen to girls. Where the labia will fuse together just like penile adhesion.
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Where do you even start?
Jessica
This is a mother dealing with circumcision adhesions, I'm paraphrasing as required. I already posted the links and information from the recent adhesions post that came up here (basically that the AAP recommends leaving alone, and this is a common occurance, and a re-circ is unnecessary) to try to help, but she went back to the doctor this morning and the doctor ripped the adhesions.
Background:
son is 7 months old and is circumcised.
problem is the skin on his shaft reattaching to the head.
They still having to keep Vaseline on it.
It will reattach even if missed at one diaper change
Someone else watched the baby and didn't use Vaseline
Every time mother goes to ped he has to "fix" it by gently pulling the skin back down
Poor baby screams bloody murder
Baby is a bit chunky down so maybe that is half the problem?
Wonders if the doc who did it not take off enough skin?
The last time mother went to the ped I asked and he said basically he will grow out of it.
Posting an update after today's appointment
The ped "fixed" the problem, by pulling down the skin and seperated it.
He basically said, like he always says, that it is better he do it now rather than later.
Ped explaining how he had do to a recirc on a 5 year old becasue the parents didn't want to fool with pulling the skin down etc. and the boy is now so scared and timid. Poor thing.
Pedi did however say that if I choose to leave it alone he will be just fine.
(contradiction, but wait, then the pedi says......
He will be able to have "relations" but when he starts to have erections it can be painful and therefor son may not tell parents because of embarrasement.
Mother decided that she needs to have him fix the problem should it happen again, but will avoid the adhesions reforming (vaseline, etc)
Further information and we find out that she didn't research and doctor didn't tell her any information either, and some posters wanted to know what type of circ, because maybe if a certain type of method leads to more adhesions, less people would use that method.
Mother says, "I don't know what type of circ he had, to be honest I had no idea there was several types. I never did research because for me getting a circ was the "thing" to do KWIM? I wonder if there is a way to find out?"
And then the pedi explains to the mother that the same thing can happen to girls. Where the labia will fuse together just like penile adhesion.
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Where do you even start?
Jessica
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