Man erroneously circumcised after paperwork mixup

[klone, MSN, RN]

At least it wasn't at Vanderbilt?

If you're anything like me, you tend to get nervous even when going into the doctor's office for a routine check-up. There's something about the clinical environment, the harsh lighting, and the (slim) possibility that the doctors will discover that I have some rare, incurable illness that gives me the creeps. I tend to put off going to the doctor for as long as possible, and when I do finally make an appointment, I'm filled with profound dread until the day of my appointment arrives.

One man from the United Kingdom had the misfortune of going in for a routine medical procedure and coming out, well, altered. And not at all in the way he was expecting. Keep scrolling to find out what happens when the medical professionals we entrust with our lives get something horribly wrong, and how shockingly common this occurs.

FYI, this may not be a good one to read on your phone in the waiting room of your doctor's office.

https://twentytwowords.com/man-accidentally-circumcised-after-doctors-switch-his-paperwork-with-another-patients/

[Emergent, RN]

My sons were not circumcised.

Incidentally, the whole American craze on circumcision was started to prevent masturbation, not disease.

Obviously, except for Muslims and Jews, all of Europe is uncircumcised and generally healthier than Americans.

[klone, MSN, RN]

This was not meant to start a debate on circumcision, but rather to discuss “never” events such as wrong person/wrong site surgeries, particularly in light of all the stuff happening at Vandy.

[Emergent, RN]

1 minute ago, klone said:

This was not meant to start a debate on circumcision, but rather to discuss “never” events such as wrong person/wrong site surgeries, particularly in light of all the stuff happening at Vandy.

I'm not interested in debating, but you now have my opinion on circumcision.

[klone, MSN, RN]

Okay, thanks for sharing.

[Emergent, RN]

1 minute ago, klone said:

Okay, thanks for sharing.

You're very welcome ?

[Jory, MSN, APRN, CNM]

8 hours ago, Emergent said:

My sons were not circumcised.

Incidentally, the whole American craze on circumcision was started to prevent masturbation, not disease.

Obviously, except for Muslims and Jews, all of Europe is uncircumcised and generally healthier than Americans.

Actually, that isn't at all true. There are other countries besides Americans that circumcise males. I would encourage you to pull up a male circumcision map. Male circumcision was occurring long before America was even settled.

While an elective procedure, there are benefits. If you have ever taken care of a five or seven year old boy that had to have one for medical reasons, or a child with a severe penile infection, you would better understand how merciful it is when they are infants.

Right now STD rates outside of the USA are soaring and they are continuing to increase in the USA. While there is no evidence that the decline in male circumcision is a contributing factor, I find it worth noting that it is inversely correlated.

[Davey Do]

I found the ads in that link very distracting.

[OldDude]

10 hours ago, Emergent said:

...Incidentally, the whole American craze on circumcision was started to prevent masturbation...

Well, that didn't work ?

[Jory, MSN, APRN, CNM]

46 minutes ago, OldDude said:

Well, that didn't work ?

....nor was it even true.

[Emergent, RN]

A excerpt from one of my many vintage books, this one called "The Intimate Life" copyright 1926. I have earlier medical advisors from the late 1800s that all have chapters on the dangers of masturbation. In the 1920s bathing and hygiene became paramount and the fear was that the bathing of the member would start a boy down the path of 'self-abuse'. Read the excerpt below to get an idea of the mentality of that era.

" In this connection one of the problems that the mother must solve is the problem of cleanliness in a previous paragraph it was stated that every boy my well be circumcised. If he has not been circumcised, then the problem of cleanliness may be a rather difficult one. In bathing the uncircumcised boy the foreskin must be pushed back far enough to expose the whole head of the organ. This exposed head of the organ must then be gently but thoroughly cleanse with soap and water. This must be done at least once a week, preferably 2 or 3 times a week, as long as the individual lives if he is not circumcised. When the boy begins to bathe himself he will, of course attend to that matter in the same way in which his mother has done it.

It is not difficult to see that this cleansing operation is not at all an easy thing for her eight- or ten- year old boy. It should be very easy to convince a mother who has had an experience of this kind with her boy that boys should be circumcised .

There is another phase of this matter. The uncircumcised boy who must take the above described care of his person every time he takes a bath, is very likely--through curiosity or idle experiment, or perhaps even through the influence of some suggestive remark or story that he has heard from other boys, to drift into or be lead in to the habit of playing with his organ as he takes his bath. Thousands of boys have been led into the habit of self-abuse in that way they would not have had that difficulty if they had been circumcised in infancy. Surely all the arguments set forth above should convince the parent that every man child should be circumcised."

[missmollie, ADN, BSN, RN]

I misread