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| Munchausen Syndrome |
Munchausen Syndrome has always fascinated me. The idea of hurting your child for attention not only makes me sick but it makes me wonder why? As a parent I could never intentionally hurt my child and i've always felt the attention I got at my children's school plays and recitals was more then enough.
So I decided to do a little research on the topic, this is what I found.
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy or fabricated or induced illness (FII) is a form of child abuse or parenting disorder. A parent or caregiver of a child, in most cases the mother, either causes or fakes signs and symptoms of illness in a child in order to gain the attention of health care professionals.
By why? Why would anyone want to do this?
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy differs from other forms of parenting disorders because the offending person is nearly always the mother, who is generally seen as a very good parent, there is either no or very little family friction, and the abusive behavior is obviously planned - it is not a response to the child's behavior.In some rarer cases the abuser may not be the mother. Also, the victim might be a vulnerable adult.
This is what concerns me the most, that it is not a response to the behavior of the child. I can understand and sympthize with parents that lose it and end up screaming at a child or slaping a teenager that has gone to far, but this, this I con't understand.
Fabricated illness is the most common form of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP). The parent claims the child is ill when no illness is present. The mother may claim her child is having a fit when it is not the case, or she may maintain that her child has blood in his/her urine. She may offer urine samples into which she had added her own blood.
Induced illness is another form of MSBP in which the mother makes the child ill, by either making him/her ingest a substance, or even injecting something into the child to make them sick. Tragically, in some cases the consequences can be fatal.
What are the symptoms of fabricated or induced illness?
There are some warning signs which may suggest that a child is being subjected to FII. Examples are:
* The child has repeated and unexplained illnesses.
* The child has unexplained multiple illnesses.
* The child's supposed symptoms only occur when the mother is present.
* The mother appears to know a lot about medicine.
* Although the mother stays with the child all the time while he/she is in hospital and attends to him/her well, she may not appear as concerned a bout the child's well being as the health care professionals who are providing treatment.
* The father is not involved in the care of the child, or his involvement is minimal.
* The mother talks to the medical team a lot and tries to develop a friendly relationship with them. However, if anything related to her views on what's wrong with the child are challenged she becomes aggressive, confrontational, and may become abusive.
* The mother is keen for her child to undergo tests which most parents would only agree to if they were absolutely necessary. She will even encourage doctors to perf orm tests and procedures which may be painful for the child.
* Documents or other sources indicate that the mother has changed doctors frequently, and/or has visited different hospitals for her child's treatment.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167880.php
Recently I saw a movie called "The Glasshouse 2" if was on lifetime it was about a women that adopted children and basically killed them, the movie was stupid and really a waste of an hour but the point was intersting everyone thought the women in the movie was a great mother including her idiot husband.
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