A baby boy is about to have a circumcision.The nurse knows that the reasons for circumcision include:

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Reasons for circumcision include cultural and religious beliefs; the prevention of both phimosis and paraphimosis and inflammation of the glans penis and foreskin; lowering the risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection through heterosexual contact, genital herpes, genital ulcers, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and, for female partners of these men, a reduced risk for acquiring HPV, bacterial vaginosis, trichomoniasis, and cervical cancer; decreasing the incidence of cancer of the penis; and decreasing the incidence of urinary tract infections in infancy.

A Baby Boy Is About to Have a Circumcision