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My son was cathed at six months at Children's ...

2012-01-21T13:34:06.144-05:00

My son was cathed at six months at Children's Hospital because of an unknown fever. They told me they "had" to retract because they couldn't get a clen sample if they didn't. Guess what - my pediatrician told me a few days later that the sample grew 3 bacteria (none of which caused the fever) which was a sure sign that the sample was... CONTAMINATED. More than year later it

AudreyBC - so sorry that this happened to your son...

2012-01-17T07:07:38.048-05:00

AudreyBC - so sorry that this happened to your son. If there is still irritation, you may want to pick up some Calmoseptine from a local pharmacist and put this all around the outside of the penis. This will soothe and heal and is perfect for using on intact little boys (does not interfere with normal pH and healthy microflora of the developing genitals). You can also find more about 'what to

Thank God I live in the UK where we leave our boys...

2012-01-17T07:02:10.293-05:00

Thank God I live in the UK where we leave our boys as they come into this world and don't mess with them once they're here. Come on USA! Follow us brits, keep your boys intact, and stop this silly business! x x x

I just read this a few weeks ago, just a few days ...

2012-01-17T06:58:41.851-05:00

I just read this a few weeks ago, just a few days before needing to take my intact two year old with special needs to the ER. I checked with the nurse before she touched him that she knew how to do a cath on an intact boy, then verbally reviewed with her what that meant. She said she had done it hundreds of times before and knew there would be no medical reason to retract him. She then proceeded

Our son just had to be catheterized at Children...

2012-01-17T06:55:57.014-05:00

Our son just had to be catheterized at Children's Hospital Boston. The nurse doing it said she had to see the meatus. I countered with the information in this article. She made no commitment not to retract him so I was worried (they were attentive to our concerns, but must have been trained incorrectly).

After the surgery they proudly told us they were able to do a blind insertion

This is a very good thing to have! We had issues w...

2012-01-17T06:52:08.344-05:00

This is a very good thing to have! We had issues with one nurse at Children's Hospital in Denver having absolutely no clue how to care for an intact penis. We got a new nurse, then mailed the hospital lots of documents "to share with your nursing staff" after we got home... It was ridiculous (but she was one nurse among 20 or 30 we had while hospitalized and she was the only one who

I agree with Emma. I live in the UK and I am utter...

2012-01-17T06:50:15.128-05:00

I agree with Emma. I live in the UK and I am utterly bemused at your campaign. Not because I dont agree with it - because I am amazed it is so necessary. Apart from religious groups it is just not routine in this country. I have four boys and it has NEVER been mentioned to me by any health professional. Why is it such an issue in the US? Surely there is enough data from countries that do not

So glad I live in the UK. Circumcision isn't t...

2012-01-17T06:48:56.747-05:00

So glad I live in the UK. Circumcision isn't the norm over here, so little boys don't get their foreskins pulled about. I've done several adult male catheters and one was on a man with such bad hernias, you couldn't see his penis. But we just aimed at the hole, slide it in and got urine back. So much easier with an intact little boy than it was with that guy!

I wish someone would have had this for me months a...

2012-01-17T06:47:04.256-05:00

I wish someone would have had this for me months ago when my son had to go to the ER. The nurse was an idiot and I know she hurt my son, but I didn't know what to do about it. The damage was done before I even realized what she was doing. I think people that work in healthcare need to be better educated. Now at 14 months that doctor said he is fine now, but he wasn't then.

Recently we had an ER run that resulted in a docto...

2012-01-17T06:44:17.857-05:00

Recently we had an ER run that resulted in a doctor trying to forcibly retract my 6 month old. I was furious! I had to explain proper anatomy of a penis, function, etc., to a doctor who did not know what intact meant. Needless I say I have compiled a letter to the hospital and put together a pamphlet about Intact care thanks to your site!

This is a must. I learned the hard way (or my 18 m...

2012-01-17T06:40:03.492-05:00

This is a must. I learned the hard way (or my 18 month old son did). Nurses had no clue how to cath an intact penis. He is fine, but I worried so much at the time that I didn't know how to protect him better!

I almost heaved my guts out when one of my friends...

2012-01-17T06:36:51.965-05:00

I almost heaved my guts out when one of my friends told me about her experience with this. Dingbat nurse "has worked for THREE pediatricians" in the area so she definitely knows what to do -RETRACT, then insert. I wonder where she got her license. So unfortunate. :(

I was once asked for a urine sample from my infant...

2012-01-09T21:54:57.013-05:00

I was once asked for a urine sample from my infant daughter. Those bags looked awful and my sister later warned me to NEVER stick one on my child. I just set my daughter naked on the counter in the exam room and offered her lots of water until she peed on the counter. The doctor didn't care - since he wasn't the one that would have to clean it. Pfft.

Thank you for the info here

I had one nurse in the ER at the children's ho...

2012-01-09T09:54:05.992-05:00

I had one nurse in the ER at the children's hospital insert a catch on my intact son with no issues whatsoever. I had to stop a nurse on his floor because she obviously didn't have a clue. I will not allow my son to be catheterized again unless it's a lifeor death emergency. A UTI was later successfully diagnosed through a clean catch. Thanks for posting this. I will be bookmarking it

I am a lawyer in my last semester of nursing schoo...

2012-01-07T03:02:44.491-05:00

I am a lawyer in my last semester of nursing school. I have done several catheters on intact men (never a baby or child), and it has simply not been an issue at all. For a young boy or infant, I can see how easy it would be to simply align the foreskin opening with the meatus and insert a catheter without retracting. I have seen people forget to REPLACE the adult foreskin to its natural position

I'm a NICU nurse, so we don't have any cli...

2011-12-22T12:15:31.806-05:00

I'm a NICU nurse, so we don't have any clipped penises (thank god, because the ONE time I saw a freshly circumcised penis I nearly *died*). We don't retract foreskin. However, inserting catheters into baby boys is not as easy as you've made it out to be. Even my veteran co-workers have struggled with catheterizing a baby. But thanks for this! :) We only catheterize when we

Here in American nursing schools, the intact penis...

2011-12-19T19:01:19.553-05:00

Here in American nursing schools, the intact penis isn't even mentioned. Nor is how to cath one.

@Medhbh In the U.S. the medical community is not t...

2011-12-19T18:58:05.252-05:00

@Medhbh In the U.S. the medical community is not taught how to care for an intact penis, believe that retraction is required for normal development, and routinely treat uti, inflamation of the foreskin, and "tight foreskin" (in children as young as 2) with circumcision. The thought among many docters and nurses is that it a worthless flap of skin that is worth more trouble than it is

I don't get it?? Maybe in Australia there isn&...

2011-12-19T18:55:54.215-05:00

I don't get it?? Maybe in Australia there isn't such a large proportion of circumcised men, but I am a nurse and I have catheterised way more intact men than circumcised...

My son is intact and was hit by a car in 2002, the...

2011-12-19T18:54:18.571-05:00

My son is intact and was hit by a car in 2002, they had to catherize (sp?) him and I am so thankful that the hospitals that cared for him in trauma and ICU knew how to deal with an intact penis. They also used those little bags that went over his penis when he was in the hospital due to flu complications. There are drs and nurses that know how to deal with intact penii, you just have to ask for

Wouldn't it be easier of doctors and nurses we...

2011-12-19T18:52:53.260-05:00

Wouldn't it be easier of doctors and nurses were trained in this short of thing...?

My son had a UTI due to kidney reflux and I had to...

2011-12-19T18:52:09.068-05:00

My son had a UTI due to kidney reflux and I had to be a huge advocate for proper care of his penis. The first time the ped cathed him she ripped the tip of his foreskin. I was so mad I screamed at her. He healed but I was forever mistrusting of the medical community after that. 8 years later he is healed and has no more UTIs. Great article!

I am a nurse in peds and we are told NOT TO retrac...

2011-12-19T18:50:29.427-05:00

I am a nurse in peds and we are told NOT TO retract as it can cause damage and unnecessary discomfort. I have never had a problem cathing a intact babe.

My intact son has had to be catheterized twice! Th...

2011-12-19T03:40:31.792-05:00

My intact son has had to be catheterized twice! The first time it happened was in an emergency room and the nurse had no problem doing it blindly, and she did it so fast. I was so relived!

The second time was awful. He had a procedure called a ECUG. We made it a point to tell the nurse that she would not be retracting the foreskin because we had previously had experiences with two

Whenever I had to be in the hospital I'd ask f...

2011-12-19T03:37:34.930-05:00

Whenever I had to be in the hospital I'd ask for either an older or a foreign nurse bc they're more likely to know how to properly (ahem) handle an intact penis. It also helped to have an extremely vigilant wife standing guard. She's even been known to use a Sharpie to write instructions on my leg for when I wasn't conscious and she wasn't there.