Horrible: Child abuse
Published by Jon Mikel Iñarritu October 27th, 2005 in Fast Facts, Medical Images Tags: .Another case of Child abuse was shown today on TV news.
It seems that we can’t stop this and some parents preffer to remain in silence rather than to speak out loud about this impunity.
I think it is time to recognize this cases and report them to the authorities. So today’s matter is to know the facts about child abuse & neglect.
Also know as child maltreatment it is a group of comission, omission and lack of actions, that result in morbidiy and/or mortality.
It is every agression or omission of intentional nature, indoor or outdoor, against child(s), before or after the birth that affects their bio-psycho-social integrity. This actions can be from an individual, a group of people (society), an institution taking advantage of their physical and/or intelectual superiority.
There is a triad of child abuse:
- Child: Often a non-accepted (desired) kid, malformation, chronic or acute diseases.
- Agressor: Often a parent or caretaker, alcoholic or drug abuse problem, background of abuse.
- Triggers: Unemployment, marital disfunction, social and economic problems.
It’s importance: 2,900,000 cases / year on U.S.A of wich 33% is physical abuse. Second leading cause of death in child less than 5 years old.
Diagnosis:
You should always suspect child abuse when:
Clinical aspects on child: Non-correlated history given by parents, small height, poor hygiene, previous lesions, malnutrition, non-desired/non-accepted child, incomplete vaccination schedule.
Clinical aspects on child’s family: Delayed medical attention, abuse background, step-mother/father, alcoholism, ask for medical attencion by someone else outside the central group of family.
It is required a multidisciplinary team: Primary care Physician, Pediatrician, Social work, Mental Health, Lawyer, Voluntaries.
The action of preventive mesures should include all levels of society: International organizations, Federal instances, Local community (church, school, friends, pediatrician, etc), Child’s family and Child.
Who where ever you are do: Let’s stop this.
Regards,
Jon Mikel Iñarritu, M.D.
technorati tags: child abuse, child neglect, child maltreatment, Kempe’s syndrome, unbounded medicine, medicine
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im only 15 years old and and the stuff i see today is horrific and i can stand it anymore.. you read some story and hear about it on the news and you watch the news the next day and they say the child is going back to the person that abused them.. people these days dont make sense to me if a child has bruise and burn and cuts and it looks like the child is being beat then we need to do something about it.. one thing you dont need to do is give it back to the people that did it to them… we weren’t put on this earth to harm each other but to harm an innocent child that cant defend them self.. your a real man or women if you do that to a child aren’t you.. i love kids and would never even think or even harming one or leaving it alone were it could be dangerous. think about what your doing to the world when they see what going on.. well thats what i have to say and i hope one day we can stop this and let kids live without being afriad to do something
much love
VIKKI SUMMERS
It’s so sad how people today are being horrible. They hurt their own families - physically, mentally, and emotionally - and what’s worse is most of them get away with it. If you know anyone who is getting abused report it immediately.
i think what people r doin 2 der kids is wrong and sick because kids feel to and they have no rite to take out their problems on their child and having a mental illness is no excuse.