Circumcision causes prolonged, severe pain

Orange County Register (Orange County, CA). Tuesday, 12 April 1994.

Circumcision causes severe and persistant pain that lasts for at least two hours but most infants get no pain relievers for the procedure, a study said Manday.

Researchers at Rochester General Hospital and the University of Rochester said they based their findings on a study of 67 newborns before and after circumcision. The study appears in this month's issue of Pediatrics.

Infants in the study showed increases in crying and heart and respiratory rates after the procedure.

Jerry

Citation:

Jerry Hamilton. Circumcision causes prolonged, severe pain. Orange County Register (Orange County, CA). 1994-04-12

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