Burns, bite marks and severe injuries
Typical burns and bite marks seen in child abuse are:
- linear burns
- scalds and burns from dunking or splashing
- cigarette burns of different ages
- adult bite marks
Severe injuries seen in child abuse include:
- head injury - blows or shaking (subdural haemorrhage) in a young baby
- baby with non-moving limb - fracture
- multiple injuries
- abdominal injuries - ruptured liver
- other injuries of various chronology seen on skeletal survey Xrays
Related pages
- Bites in a child where child maltreatment should be suspected or considered
- Intracranial injuries where child maltreatment should be suspected
- Spinal injuries in a child where maltreatment should be suspected
- Features of non-accidental injury (injury that should raise concerns) in a child in comparison to features suggestive of an accidental injury in a child
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