{"id":536,"date":"2015-12-29T11:11:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caclapeer.org\/?p=536"},"modified":"2023-10-18T18:02:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T22:02:43","slug":"signs-and-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caclapeer.org\/signs-and-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs and Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Signs and Symptoms of sexual abuse can be present in some but not all cases.\u00a0 Each child is unique and may not show any of the below signs.\u00a0 Please use the following as a guideline.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Changes in behavior \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A victim of abuse could appear scared, anxious, depressed, withdrawn or more aggressive.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Regression to earlier behaviors \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A child may display behaviors shown at earlier ages, such as thumb-sucking, bed-wetting, fear of the dark or strangers. For some children, even loss of acquired language or memory problems may be an issue.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Fear of going home or to previously trusted places \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Children may express apprehension or anxiety about leaving school or about going places with the person who is abusing them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Changes in eating \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The stress, fear and anxiety caused by abuse can lead to changes in a child\u2019s eating behaviors, which may result in weight gain or loss.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Changes in sleeping \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Abused children may have frequent nightmares or have difficulty falling asleep, and as a result may appear tired or fatigued.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Changes in school performance and attendance \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Abused children may have difficulty concentrating in school or have excessive absences, sometimes due to adults trying to hide the child\u2019s injuries from authorities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Lack of personal care or hygiene \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Abused and neglected children may appear uncared for. They may present as consistently dirty and have severe body odor, or they may lack sufficient clothing for the weather.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Risk-taking behaviors \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Young people who are being abused may engage in high-risk activities such as using drugs or alcohol or carrying a weapon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Inappropriate sexual behaviors \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Children who have been sexually abused may exhibit overly sexualized behavior or use explicit sexual language.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <b>Unexplained Injuries \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Visible signs of physical abuse may be present however is extremely uncommon in the majority of sexual abuse incidents.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signs and Symptoms of sexual abuse can be present in some but not all cases.\u00a0 Each child is unique and may not show any of the below signs.\u00a0 Please use the following as a guideline. Changes in behavior \u2013 A victim of abuse could appear scared, anxious, depressed, withdrawn or more aggressive. Regression to earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Signs and Symptoms - The Child Advocacy Center of Lapeer County<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/caclapeer.org\/signs-and-symptoms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Signs and Symptoms - The Child Advocacy Center of Lapeer County\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Signs and Symptoms of sexual abuse can be present in some but not all cases.\u00a0 Each child is unique and may not show any of the below signs.\u00a0 Please use the following as a guideline. 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