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SYSK Selects: How Munchausen Syndrome Works

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Munchausen Biproxi in the Same Mother Daughter Duo

The first description of Munchausen by Internet came in the 90s. There was a huge, well it was first turned by the New York Times as the hoax. A woman just created this whole fictitious character to that had leukemia who died and received like cards and presents for a kid that never existed. And then lastly, I ran across a case of a double MunchausEN case. The mother used to inject her daughter with her daughter's knowledge with bacteria and had been doing it for so long that daughter had both kidneys removed and was on full dialysis. So she the mother had Munchhausen Biproxi. And she just had Munchusen.

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