BATTERED BABY SYNDROME- A MISERABLE CAUSE OF CHILD DEATH
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 61
Abstract
BACKGROUND One of the important and usual missed causes of paediatric traumas is child abuse. This ominous phenomenon, which can be presented physically, psychologically, sexually and emotionally has grown significantly in recent years. Many children are not diagnosed in the early stages of evaluation. “Battered Child Syndrome” is the word used to describe the clinical condition of the child’s serious physical abuse by parents or caregivers. The psychological suffering met by these children is usually huge in addition to the physical trauma. Some of the battered children may even succumb to death. MATERIALS AND METHODS We have studied into it in forensic, socio-political aspects. The series of cases which are taken up for study are of those with age below 10 years and which showed at least some degree of physical child abuse during the years 2015 and 2016 in Krishna and Guntur Districts of Andhra Pradesh state. A total of 41 cases were reported during this period. RESULTS The study showed that the battered children were predominantly of below 5 years age with low socio-economic and educational background. Almost half of the children showed injuries of different ages. The education of the children is also getting disturbed as reflected by frequent absenteeism of children to school. Marital disharmony in parents was frequent. Awareness among parents about child rights was low. CONCLUSION Medical staff should always keep this Battered Baby Syndrome in their mind for those children brought to the Emergency Department with trauma. More children battered are of younger age with poor socio-economic and educational background. Marital disharmonies in parents, lack of awareness on child rights are also a significant cause of this battered baby syndrome. Massive awareness campaigns on child rights, stringent implementation of child protection laws would be the only solution for minimising child trauma.
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Dara Durga Prasad, Pemmadi Ravi Kumar
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