Ritual in Some Jewish Circumcisions Raises Risk of Herpes Infection: Report

<p>THURSDAY, Jun 7 (HealthDay News) The use of
oral-genital suction achieved during some Orthodox Jewish circumcision
ceremonies could leave a tot with a potentially deadly herpes virus
infection, health officials warn.
New York City and federal health authorities released a open advisory
Thursday cautioning opposite a sucking use given it has been
linked to 11 infants apropos putrescent with a herpes simplex virus type
1 given 2000. Ten of a putrescent newborns were hospitalized, two
developed mind repairs and dual died, a health officials said.
A baby can turn putrescent when a adult behaving the
circumcision places his mouth on a circumcision wound to siphon blood
away from a cut. The protocol is customarily embraced by a handful of sects
within a Orthodox Jewish community, according to New York City Health
Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley.
There is no protected proceed to perform verbal suction on any open wound in a
newborn, Farley pronounced in a news release. Parents delibe...