Munchaussen syndrome by proxy
· There might be more than one unusual illness or death of children in the family.
· The child's condition improves in the hospital, but symptoms recur when the child returns home.
· Blood in lab samples might not match the blood of the child
· There might be signs of chemicals in the child's blood, stool, or urine.
Ray Meadow: my experience of mothers who have abused their children in this way is that the graeat majority
do not set out with the purpose of causing their children suffering and harm. In a very strange way, they are able
to shut out their minds to the suffering their child is incurring. It is as if the benefit they get personally from their
actions completely outwighs and is separate from what the rest of us observe, which is terrible harm and
suffering for the child.
Muchausen disorder, named after and infamous Baron von Munchausen (1720-90), a retired mercenary who
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