Madison Area Lyme Support Group

….so-called shaken baby syndrome, or SBS: a diagnosis based on the belief that a certain combination of injuries found in a baby or toddler could only be caused by violent shaking. This theory has repeatedly been disproven by scientific research. Across the country, 34 people convicted based on SBS have been exonerated, according to the National Registry of Exonerations.

“The deadly consequences of this pattern are clear: People may be executed following convictions that rest on faulty science because they are unable to obtain relief,” reads the report. “This is especially concerning because the rate of wrongful convictions of death-sentenced people is quite high.”

Sween said she understands that people used to believe that shaken baby syndrome was rooted in science. But today, decades of research has revealed that’s not the case. Sween hopes the courts will finally see that.  (See link for article)

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**Comment**

While the article definitely focuses on the legal angle, I’m merely pointing out something every Lyme/MSIDs patient should be aware of: science is never settled and controversy abounds – particularly with tick-borne illness.

I’ve hear horror stories of parents of children with Lyme/MSIDS who were accused of child abuse or even Munchausen syndrome by proxy due to the medical controversy.

I would also like to point out a new area of medicine yielding “child abuse” doctors.  Families have often been torn apart and wrongly accused by these so-called experts.  This would be so easy to do with Lyme/MSIDS as it is already controversial and poorly understood.