Symptoms Medical conditions with sexual abuse include genital or anal trauma, genital infections, urinary tract infections, bedwetting and inappropriate sexual behaviour child may become pregnant, attempt suicide and can show run away behaviour. Gentle interview with child will help. Pictures or dolls are used to clarify the body parts. Child should not be exposed to repeated interviews. Female victims should be preferably examined by a female physician.
All sexual abuse are criminal offence.
All victims of sexual abuse require psychologic support. Parents may deny the incidence. Victim of single non violent episode of molestation requires only assurance. In case of rape child requires services of child psychiatrist. The victim of multiple episodes of sexual abuse need long term psychotherapy.