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In this undated photo released by Jason Wulf, Jake Wulf, 9, demonstrates his 'Privy Prop,' a foot-activated toilet seat lifter, at his home in Odebolt, Iowa. He says he invented the prop because his mother would get angry when he forgot to put the toilet seat down. Wulf showed off his invention this week at the 'Ellen DeGeneres Show. [Agencies]
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One of the longest-running spousal debates may now be settled in favor of men and for the sake of little boys.
Leave the toilet seat up, some British doctors now say. The reason: a rising trend for heavy wooden and ornamental toilet seats to fall down onto the penises of unsuspecting toddlers.
Dr. Joe Philip and his colleagues of Leighton Hospital, Crewe, in England detail such penis-crush injuries in the December issue of the journal BJU International. The team reports on four boys between the ages of 2 and 4 who were admitted to hospitals with injuries serious enough to require an overnight stay.
The doctors say the injuries have implications for holiday travel and at-home toilet safety for parents with male toddlers.
"As Christmas approaches many families will be visiting relatives and friends and their recently toilet-trained toddlers will be keen to show how grown-up they are by going to the toilet on their own," Philip said. "It is important that parents check out the toilet seats in advance, not to mention the ones they have in their own homes, and accompany their children if necessary."
The team found that all four toddlers had been potty trained and were using the toilet on their own when the incidents occurred. Each had lifted the toilet seat, which fell back down and crushed his penis.
To keep toddlers safe during their journey in the bathroom, the doctors suggest the following tips:
Parents should consider using toilet seats that fall slowly and with reduced momentum, which would reduce the risk and degree of injury.
Heavier toilet seats could be banned in houses with male infants.
Households with male infants should consider leaving the toilet seat up after use, even though it contradicts the social norm of putting it down.
Parents could educate their toddlers to hold the toilet seat up with one hand while urinating. During such a feat, parents should keep an eye on toddlers until the toddler can do this by himself.
"As any parent knows, toilet training can be a difficult time with any toddler," Philip said. "We are concerned that the growing trend of heavy toilet seats poses a risk not only to their health, but to their confidence."
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夫妻間有關是否該掀起馬桶座圈的長期論戰也許要以男方的勝利而告終了，而這都是為了孩子著想。
英國一些醫生日前建議人們用完馬桶后掀起座圈，由于現在很多馬桶座用很重的木材制成或裝飾繁多，因其掉落而砸傷幼年男孩陰莖的事例越來越多。
英格蘭克魯市立頓醫院的喬?菲利普醫生及其同事在本月的《英國泌尿科期刊》上對此類損傷進行了詳細闡述。研究人員在報告中闡述了四名年齡在2歲至4歲之間的男孩的受傷案例，這幾個男孩因受傷嚴重而住院。
醫生警告說，這應引起家有幼年男孩父母的重視，無論外出度假還是在家中，都要注意馬桶座圈的安全。
菲利浦說：“隨著圣誕節的臨近，很多家庭會走親訪友，而剛受了上廁所訓練的小男孩急切希望用自己獨立去衛生間的實際行動來證明他們長大了。所以，無論在別人家還是在自己家，家長們都要提前檢查馬桶座圈是否已掀起，如果需要的話應陪孩子一起去衛生間。”
研究人員發現，入院的4名小男孩都受過如廁訓練，而且他們受傷時都是自己在使用馬桶。這幾個男孩都因沒掀好馬桶圈致其掉落而砸傷了陰莖。
為保證年幼男孩的如廁安全，醫生提出了如下建議：
家里最好選用下落速度較慢且有緩沖效果的馬桶座圈，這可以降低受傷的風險和程度。
有年幼男孩的家庭應棄用過重的馬桶座圈。
雖然按照常規，用畢馬桶應放下座圈，但家里如有年幼男孩最好將其掀起。
家長應教會孩子小便時一只手扶住馬桶座圈，同時在一旁照看，直到孩子可以獨立使用馬桶。
菲利普說：“家長都知道教孩子使用馬桶不是件容易事。但我們擔心越來越多過重的馬桶座不僅會傷害孩子的健康，還會打擊他們的自信。”
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（實習生許雅寧 英語點津姍姍編輯）
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