things that make your head spin

[QuietTempest]

I was browsing articles online earlier and stumbled upon one on yeast infections in children and something the author wrote has just rubbed me the wrong way. I intend to comment and write to her later tonight when I don't have a baby in my arms and thought perhaps others might like to do the same.

"I also had a toddler boy end up with a yeast infection. This child happened to have his foreskin attached to his penis still. If you do not know, many children nowadays happen to have the foreskin removed within a few days after birth – whether for sanitary purposes or religious reasons."

http://ezinearticles.com/?Baby-Yeast...tion&id=675914

She goes on to say:

"If the foreskin is not pulled back from the head of the penis and cleaned properly, then a yeast infection can occur. One this child, the recurrent yeast infections became so much that his parents finally decided to put the child through surgery (at 21 months of age) to have the foreskin removed."



: I truly hope that parents don't take advice like this to heart.

[phdmama06]

She's a toddler teacher? Wow, I am just getting anxious thinking about all the toddler boys she has retracted or might retract in the future. :

[grrr]

also it sounds like she thinks the foreskin is something foreign to the penis that is simply attached to it.. as opposed to being part of the penis. :

[eepster]

Her grammer is atrocious, I don't think that sight has an editor.

[yokosmile]

Ignorance is so dangerous.

[grrr]

Originally Posted by yokosmile

Ignorance is so dangerous.

that could make a good t-shirt

[Nathan1097]

Originally Posted by grrr

also it sounds like she thinks the foreskin is something foreign to the penis that is simply attached to it.. as opposed to being part of the penis. :

Yes- like a leach!

[Dave2GA]

I just left a response to the article.

[titania8]

: besides the horrid bit about babies 'happening' to have their foreskins removed a few days aftr birth, who treats YI with antibiotics?? :

also, if boys get YI from poor cleaning, does that mean girls do too? do you think this woman put any thought at all into what she wrote? :

i couldn't see where to leave comments. i will have to look again.

[trmpetplaya]

Hmmmm.... boys are more likely to get yeast infections from overzealous cleaning especially if it's with antibacterial soap. Just like women tend to get yeast infections if they douche with antibacterial soap and probably regular soap too.

The attached comment had me rolling my eyes... ignorance IS horribly dangerous : I must remember that phrase!

love and peace.

[pantufla]

Not to mention that whether or not boys get yeast infections has NOTHING to do with whether or not they are intact. My friend's little boy got a yeast infection on his penis -- and he IS circumsized.