Munchausen syndrome mother tortured own son with feces infusions

Mother should have given son with feces and urine contaminated syringes to make him sick
A mother from Hamburg is accused of administering her then three-year-old son with feces and urine contaminated syringes to make the child ill. The prosecution suspects that the woman suffers from the Munchausen Syndrome, a rare mental disorder in which the mothers are fond of caring, even though they cause harm to their children. About the case reports the "NDR".

Mother probably suffers from the Münchhausen Deputy Syndrome
According to the sender's report, the woman is said to have injected her son with a mixture of diluted feces, urine, saliva, and stale water. The Hamburg prosecutor has charged the 30-year-olds for serious maltreatment, as a spokeswoman for the prosecutor confirmed. The then three-year-old boy had become so seriously ill from the bacteria that he had to be treated for months in hospital and at times even in mortal danger floated.

The constant injections have damaged the child very much. (Image: stalnyk - fotolia)

After the doctors first suspected leukemia in the child, they discovered bottles with the bacteria-contaminated solution in the hospital room. Faced with the allegations, the woman admitted to having given her son the morbid injections. She then went to psychiatry. Whether it is reduced guilty, still needs to be clarified. The charge is for "ill-treatment of wards, which puts the warrant at risk of death, as well as dangerous bodily harm and injury to care and education," the broadcaster says.

Perhaps the mother suffers from the extremely rare Münchhausen Deputy Syndrome. In Germany, there should be only between 50 and 200 cases. Those affected - mostly the mothers - fool and even cause illnesses of their children to give the child medical treatment. There, the perpetrators appear very "caring and worried", quotes the transmitter a psychiatrist. The mothers would enjoy the attention they receive because of their positive role as a caring mother. In most cases, this form of child abuse points to "very strong domestic needs" of the mothers, "a cry for help expressed over the child". (Ag)