Top 10 Clinical Trends for June 2015

#5 Clinical Trend: Paraphimosis

In Florida, a dispute between parents regarding their 4-year-old son’s circumcision took an extreme course when the mother, Heather Hironimus, was jailed for 9 days as part of the ongoing battle. Paraphimosis is a condition only seen in uncircumcised or partially circumcised penises. The health aspects surrounding this highly publicized dispute no doubt resulted in increased searches for this related condition.

For more in-depth clinical information, see Paraphimosis.

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Cite this: Ryan Syrek. Top 10 Clinical Trends for June 2015 - Medscape - Jun 24, 2015.