GENUINE CASES OF MUNCHAUSEN’S OR MEADOW’S SYNDROME
Our own viewpoint is that genuine cases of Munchausen’s or Meadow’s syndrome are very rare because these people are seriously disturbed. If they had not had medical knowledge, their mental problems would have surfaced in some other form. In the same way, many suicides jump from tall buildings, but removing all the tall buildings in the country would not stop people from killing themselves. Presenting the average man or woman in the street with medical knowledge does not turn them into cases of Munchausen’s syndrome: if it did, the problem would be far more widespread. On the other hand, lack of knowledge about food sensitivity has led thousands of children to suffer unnecessarily from symptoms such as colic, diarrhoea, asthma, eczema and migraine. Improving their lot is, in our view, far more important.
We hope that parents using this book will read it carefully, try to understand it fully, and use the information responsibly. Above all, they should consult their doctor and make every effort to work with him or her. The human body is very complex, and the human mind even more so – a book such as this can only provide a glimpse of the factors that may be involved in your child’s illness. If you feel that the doctor regards you as an overanxious or ‘difficult’ parent, then try to stay calm and state your case clearly. Remember what Kipling said: ‘If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowances for their doubting too…’ It is ‘making allowances’ that is difficult, but bear in mind that the doctor does see parents who are genuinely harming their children, either mentally or physically, and it is part of his or her job to consider all the possibilities in every case.
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