Infant Circumcision With Anesthesia: Does it Really Help the Pain?
http://www.thewholenetwork.org/14/post/2011/08/infant-circumcision-with-anesthesia-does-it-really-help-the-pain.html
"Based on 35 clinical trials involving 1,997 newborns, it can be concluded that
DPNB and EMLA do not eliminate circumcision pain."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0012623/
Research Study: 11 Boys: Circumcised with anesthetic. 13 Boys: Circumcised without an anesthetic. When adrenal cortisol levels were compared, the anesthetic did not reduce the amount. Circumcision hurts, and it STILL hurts even if with anesthetic.
http://cpj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/25/8/412
Study shows that infants feel and remember circumcision pain
http://www.sickkids.ca/aboutsickkids/newsroom/past-news/1997/study-shows-that-infants-feel-and-remember-circumcision-pain.html
Here is a concise, easy to read excerpt from Dr. David B. Chamberlain. His paper includes 136 APA-quality citations on the history of our concept of pain in babies:
http://www.drmomma.org/2010/01/babies-do-feel-pain.html
Here is a study that found when babies experienced pain it reduced opioid receptors in their brains which decreased pain sensitivity in adulthood:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090927130048.htm
Pain of Circumcision and Pain Control
http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/
Pain Response During Circumcision
http://www.circumcision.org/response.htm
Pain and Pain Management in Newborn Infants: A Survey of Physicians and Nurses
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/100/4/626
Percentage of Pain Control Actually Used
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/101/3/423
“Up to 96 percent of the babies in the United States and Canada receive no anesthesia when they are circumcised, according to a report from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. “
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9712/23/circumcision.anesthetic/
http://www.thewholenetwork.org/14/post/2011/08/infant-circumcision-with-anesthesia-does-it-really-help-the-pain.html
"Based on 35 clinical trials involving 1,997 newborns, it can be concluded that
DPNB and EMLA do not eliminate circumcision pain."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0012623/
Research Study: 11 Boys: Circumcised with anesthetic. 13 Boys: Circumcised without an anesthetic. When adrenal cortisol levels were compared, the anesthetic did not reduce the amount. Circumcision hurts, and it STILL hurts even if with anesthetic.
http://cpj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/25/8/412
Study shows that infants feel and remember circumcision pain
http://www.sickkids.ca/aboutsickkids/newsroom/past-news/1997/study-shows-that-infants-feel-and-remember-circumcision-pain.html
Here is a concise, easy to read excerpt from Dr. David B. Chamberlain. His paper includes 136 APA-quality citations on the history of our concept of pain in babies:
http://www.drmomma.org/2010/01/babies-do-feel-pain.html
Here is a study that found when babies experienced pain it reduced opioid receptors in their brains which decreased pain sensitivity in adulthood:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090927130048.htm
Pain of Circumcision and Pain Control
http://www.cirp.org/library/pain/
Pain Response During Circumcision
http://www.circumcision.org/response.htm
Pain and Pain Management in Newborn Infants: A Survey of Physicians and Nurses
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/100/4/626
Percentage of Pain Control Actually Used
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/101/3/423
“Up to 96 percent of the babies in the United States and Canada receive no anesthesia when they are circumcised, according to a report from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. “
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9712/23/circumcision.anesthetic/
