A family says their newborn son nearly bled to death and is fighting for his life after he was circumcised at a New York City hospital.

Tim and Gabrielle Groth said their son, Cole, underwent the circumcision at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital in Manhattan, where he was born on March 31.

  • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    edit-2
    6 months ago

    Being intact is also preventative for some stds, iirc, but I couldn’t find anything to support that

    • AntY@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      6 months ago

      I looked into this claim a couple of years ago. I couldn’t find any well executed study that showed this. It’s mainly a talking point that people who argue for circumcision claim is true, but I couldn’t find any scientific support for this.

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        6 months ago

        I was unclear. Circumcision predisposes you to STD transmission iirc, but I also couldn’t find anything.

    • ryannathans@aussie.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      6 months ago

      Largely beneficial for UTIs, which is the leading infection in young boys. UTIs in young children are often hard to diagnose before spreading to the kidneys

      Then later in life when getting too old to wash yourself the benefit returns again