Child Abuse

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you shake the baby forcefully usually by the shoulders causing the blood vessels that bridge the brain and skull to tear. This could lead to seizures, lethargy, vomiting and irritability and eye injuries, extreme cases could lead to coma or even death. You don�t have to be a bad mother to do this to your child just one day you could be feed up with the child and when it won�t stop crying you can�t control your self and you start shaking the child. To help prevent this situation you should when feeling frustrated or overwhelmed place the child down in a safe place and take a couple minutes to breath and call a neighbor or relative to give them a break. After doing so you could also get some help in trying to manage your frustration. This syndrome is none as a hidden because when this occurs there is no signs of bruises, cuts or burns. They usually find out by CT scan or may find a clue in the bulging of the soft spot of the top of the baby's head.1
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gave her any medical attention. They lived in a small place that had a bad stench and garbage all over. Nobody really new that Nadine even exited they saw her other children because the oldest one at age 14 would go around door to door asking for food. They few people who seen Nadine thought she looked like an Ethiopian girl. One day when her husband came to seen them since he never seen them in a long time found Nadine chewing on a chicken bone. The father said she also picked on Nadine because she reminded her of her husband so she would take the blame and frustration out on Nadine. One of the neighbor phoned the child welfare authorities regularly but nothing was done. When ...

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