Abuse dwarfism syndrome
Synonyms
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Overview
Abuse dwarfism syndrome: Retarded growth, intelligence and social behavior due to child abuse. The child abuse can take the form of mental or physical cruelty or neglect.
Symptoms
- Retarded growth
- Retarded intelligence
- Abnormal social behavior
- Behavioral problems
- Unusual eating behavior
- Unusual drinking behavior
- Self -starvation
- Excessive drinking of water
- Excessive eating
- Vomiting
- Social apathy
- Social inertia
- Defiant aggressiveness
- Sudden tantrums
- Crying episodes
- Insomnia
- Abnormal sleeping routines
- Lack of pain sensation
- Self-injury behavior
- Bed-wetting
- Fecal soiling
- Retarded motor development
Causes
Psychological factors of emotional deprivation have been demonstrated to cause transient GH deficiency in children with PSS. Nutritional deprivation or general caloric deprivation alone is not a major causal factor. The underlying cause of this deprivation by the caregiver can be determined only after the child is removed from the home and a multidisciplinary investigation of the family environment is completed. As in many cases of child abuse and neglect, the reason for the maltreatment may never be determined nor completely explained.
Prevention
- A history of pathologic family relationships, including unusual cruelty and neglect causes abuse dwarfism syndrome.
- Psychiatry is the best remedy for patients suffering from mental or motor retardation.
- Emotional deprivation and nutritional deprivation can also cause the disease.
Treatment
- NIH