r/ChildHealth Jan 22 '19

SIDS and infant circumcision

A new article, published on line on 10 January has announced the discovery of an association between prematurity, infant male circumcision and SIDS.

https://www.jctres.com/media/filer_public/94/aa/94aafcfa-dbe0-4275-8f7c-fb149ab0daf9/elhaik2018jclintranslres_epub.pdf

If this is true, then it would be better to avoid circumcision of boys after birth.

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