Question
What are signs of Shaken Baby Syndrome?
Answer
- Decreased level of consciousness
- Seizures
- Head or forehead appears larger than usual
- Soft spot on head appears to be bulging
- Inability to lift head
- Inability of eyes to focus or track movement
- Unequal size of pupils
(National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, 2018)
This Ask the Expert is an edited excerpt from the course, Child Abuse and Neglect: An Overview, by Marilyn Massey-Stokes, EdD.
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