Munchausen By Proxy Syndrome
Some of you may remember back in 1995 a story covered on about every news station about a young girl named Jennifer Bush who had been hospitalized 200 times and had undergone over 40 surgeries including the removal of most of her intestines. By the time she was eight years old. Or what about a story that wasn't on the news about a young boy who lived down the street from me that I grew up with and was friends with who in the course of one year had been admitted to the hospital over 20 times for asthma, severe pneumonia, mysterious infections, and sudden fevers. The doctors had no idea in either case what was causing the problems. They may just sound like sick children but both of these cases are the cause of a very severe form of child abuse called Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome. Also known as MBPS. Not all of us in here have children but some of us are expecting and others of us know children from friends or even family members. But do you every stop......
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