Herpes cases among babies linked to ultra-Orthodox Jewish circumcision ritual

After controversial ancient circumcision, the boy was taken to the hospital suffering from herpes.

The Department of Health in New York remembered a doctor of a newborn sick who became sick after undergoing the behavior of extreme Orthodox Jews whose circumcision wounds were cleaned up.

Two weeks after surgery, the rash spread to children's genitals, buttocks, thighs and ankles.

According to the New York Daily News, 6 cases of childhood herpes are known as metzitzah b'peh since February 2015.

Most Jewish circumcision does not include Mezza Bupe who mouths directly to the wound in order to breathe blood by moher or circumcision.

It is estimated that 3,000 babies are used each year in New York City, because of the circumcision which is the largest Jewish population outside Israel.

Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters that officials are deciding to implement the program of Moher and expect "comprehensive cooperation in the community".

Two years ago, de Blasio compromised with super-orthodox leaders who withdrew a request for parental consent to this act and agreed to help identify and isolate those considered to be the cause of infection Did.

According to the New York Post, since 24 years, 24 cases of infantile herpes are related to circumcision, 2 people died and 2 people were brain-damaged.

Herpes is a highly contagious viral disease that causes blisters and ulcers, and is more severe in newborns as the immune system is not fully developed.

Depending on the time and place of the lesion, a male infant is infected with a herpes simplex virus in the Jewish circumcision habit. This is the life that happens on the eighth day of my life. Circumcision is a standard and healthy way. However, each of these boys accepted delusions according to ancient rituals that were not practiced extremely outside the orthodox community. Metzitzah b'peh (MBP) is one of the most unique and troubling public health problems arising from the oral cavity of the baby's penis (from the mouth to the genitals) after circumcision. According to the New York City Health Department, infants without MBP treatment may be infected with neonatal herpes, but the possibility of this baby is 3.4 times that of neonatal herpes. Since 2000, 16 cases of neonatal herpes occurred in New York City, three of them died, others are causing long-term health effects including brain injury.

The measles epidemic raised concerns about parents who have not vaccinated their children because they do not have religious beliefs. New York City accepts orthodox circumcision that could infect infant herpes. Some states also allow even believers to refuse to provide medical services to their children to save their lives.