Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy.

Actually, this is not a real condition. Please be careful when watching media stories, these kind of false accusation hurt and destroy families.

For more information see http://www.msbp.com/ . I was invloved in the Australian arm of this support group for a while. The UK (doctor) paediatrician Roy Meadows, who invented this condition to cover his incompetance in diagnosis,  was stripped of his medical license and charged in the UK courts in 2006. There are doctors in this country who continue to diagnose mothers of this fabricated condition, and in the process wrench their children away and into the foster and social services departments. It is almost impossible to prove innocence to something that has no proven symptoms.

Many desperate and pleading mothers of ill children are wrongly accused of this when the medical experts are unable to diganose a childs condition. This is very common in celiac disease, and modern day allergies. My involvement stemmed from being accused of this fabricated crime many years ago - thats my baby boy in the middle of my pic. He has multiple food allergies, most of all to natural sugars.

Time has got away from me, but i would be more than happy to have more talks on this subject, it is very dear to my heart!

great article

thanks for sharing

I've heard of this before
Its very scary illness isn't it
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Thanks for writing this. I only caught the start of it on Dr Phil on Tuesday. It's something we all need to be aware of because it so dangerous for the kids.

Well done!

 

thanks so much for putting this out there, it is something that i have never heard of, but at the same time you have just described a ex friend of mine, scary. this is one that i will be looking out for, for sure now

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Kayla added the link to the article i did on this disease for want of a better word
Luv Deb

Great article. Thanks for sharing this. So many illnesses i have never heard of. Well wrtiten and lots of information here. I will certainly watch out for it.

Thanks

Love Kell

thanks for writing this. its a very scary illness im not sure if a person i knwo has a mild form of it shes always askin me to print out pages on diseases for her then the next day she tells ppl that her kids have been diagnosed with it?

Thanks for sharing this.  Sadly, the reality is, there are many more cases that go undetected.  There are a lot of children who appear to suffer chest illness, but in fact, their parents cause it by telling them to not play sport because they will end up hurt.  As these children don't really have an opportunity to give their lungs a  proper workout through sport, they end up suffering from respiratory distress of some sort when they do play sport  Straight away, the parents say asthma and take them to the hospital.  The kids grow up believing they are inflicted with the disease, when in fact, it has been caused by parental paranoia.  There is protecting your kids and then there is over protecting them.

There is also a belief that parents have a need to feel needed and that is why they do it.  There is another form of it too.  A lot of fire bugs light fires so that they can then be involved in the rescue and be considered a hero.  Again, they do it for the attention; the need to be needed.  These people have often grown up in sheltered or abusive situations and find this is the only way they can be noticed.

I lived for a while with a woman who was a 'professional rescuer', that is she wanted to 'rescue' people from their situations.  But, they had to do it her way.  This usually ended in tears, hers, as the solutions she was offering or the advice, was not suitable to the person or was more harmful than the initial problem.  She tried it on me, and it backfired big time! lol.

Doctors often think parents are over protective at times because of this disease (yes, it is a recognized mental illness) and parents with a genuine concern are often left feeling as though they don't count.  The reason is, because they are too afraid to get involved with a parent who is 'dependent' on the attention they give.

Gosh, sorry that was so long.  I did an assignment a few years back on it, also read a bit after my oldest was born.  It is really sad that it happens.  The parents need help, but the right sort.

This is such a strange disease.  I can't even imagine.  But certainly worth watching out for.  Thanks for sharing.

Thank you kayla for bringing this to our attention...

If it can reach one person that needs this advise, what a better world this will be for them selves and their loved ones....

Its a scary world out there, and its amazing how things like this can be un noticed.....

love cazza