The Benefits and Risks of Newborn Circumcision

There's so much to think about when you're bringing a new little bundle of joy into the world. If they're a boy, you need to consider if circumcision is the right decision. By comparing the benefits and risks, you can decide if one of the pediatricians at Pediatrics of Central Florida, serving Kissimmee, Orlando, Poinciana/Kissimmee and St. Cloud, FL, along with the nearby regions, should perform a newborn circumcision on your little one.

Benefits

While some may consider a newborn circumcision purely aesthetic, the procedure does have benefits for their health. For instance, this procedure can reduce your child's risk of urinary tract infections. Unfortunately, especially with your child's immune system being so new, a urinary tract infection can be serious for them, and so can having recurring ones. Specifically, these issues could lead to kidney damage, for one. Sometimes, the infection could become septic, entering the bloodstream and damaging organs.

You reduce your little one's risk of developing HIV, HPV, herpes, and others after a newborn circumcision at one of our offices, serving Kissimmee, Orlando, Poinciana/Kissimmee and St. Cloud, FL. Their risk of penile cancer decreases, and they'll be less likely to transmit HPV to a female partner in the future, thereby reducing their risk of cervical cancer.

Because they don't have to pull back the foreskin, hygiene is simpler and more convenient as your child grows up when they're circumcised.

Not to mention, your child won't need it done in the future when it's more painful if they should happen to develop recurring infections.

The final advantage is that the procedure ensures adherence to religious conventions. 

Risks

Though circumcising your newborn has its share of benefits, it also comes with some risks.

And although these complications are also rare, they're still possible:

• Bleeding 
• Pain, irritation, or inflammation
• Infection

A Final Note 

Though this might not be on your mind right now, you won't have to worry about newborn circumcision causing any changes in sexual desires, satisfaction, or sensitivity. It also doesn't change the size either.

Pediatrics of Central Florida, serving Kissimmee, Orlando, Poinciana/Kissimmee, and St. Cloud, FL, offers newborn circumcision. However, all of our practitioners stress that opting for a circumcision for your newborn is a personal decision. Though it's a routine procedure that doesn't tend to cause side effects or long-term complications, risks are still possible. However, it has its share of benefits.

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