September 23rd, 2009 by Lianne

In June 2008, a mother in North Texas had her children taken away due to a case of munchausen syndrome by proxy. This syndrome by proxy is where a individual make sup symptoms or signs so it appears that their child is sick.

This can also involve a parent causing injury to a child which would be similar to a symptom or sign of a disease. This can include sickness, diarrhoea and bodily wounds. In this case, this symptom by proxy was believed to be occurring so the child was monitored for a while until this theory could be found to be true.