It became clear when researching @darkknight111's theory about Heather O'Rourke's cause of death that this topic is not discussed much among medical personnel, may be woefully underreported and may even be actively repressed. Think- suggested I turn my comment in his series into a separate research thread where we can collect reports of incidents of extreme internal trauma.
WARNING: This is not for the faint of heart. Very NSFW. It is sickening and rage inducing.
I did a cursory look for statistics and or medical treatment information on health complications related to child rape, and there wasn't much. Someone who knows a physician with better access to medical journals may be able to find more. Most relevant was this:
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010 Sep;31(3):273-7. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181e13269.
Kovelman I1, Vey E, Schober J.
Abstract
Homicides exclusively due to genital trauma have not been widely reported, and anorectal trauma in sexual assaults is uncommon. We describe a case of a 45-year-old white woman who sustained devastating homicidal colorectal trauma that served as a primary cause of death in the setting of rape. Our patient sustained a 15-cm laceration of the anterior rectal wall and ultimately died of peritonitis and sepsis. Death from rectal perforation and sepsis in the setting of sexual assault is rare and has only been documented in 3 other cases, 2 pediatric patients and 1 elderly debilitated patient. Other representative and unique methods of perforation are reviewed along with a brief discussion of the development of peritonitis after perforating colorectal trauma.
Unfortunately, the article itself is behind a paywall. Other relevant information I found include:
If anyone has the stomach to help me gather research here on this topic, especially anyone with a subscription that would allow them access to the medical journal quoted above, please add your findings to this thread. I feel this could be a powerful resource for future works of our researchers, especially in combating pedo normalization and child sexual consent. As I was scanning through Pubmed studies, I saw multiple statements about how physical trauma in child rape is rare and heals within days.
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maurice ago
Not sure if any of this is helpful. I've only skim read a few and cursory glanced the others. Some of these pdfs' have more links in the references. Some of these I found at https://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html mostly the older pdfs from the 70s-90s.
Child Maltreatment 2016 https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/cm2016.pdf
Development of a Surrogate Bruising Detection System to Describe Bruising Patterns Associated with Common Childhood Falls, Final Report https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/242018.pdf
CALIFORNIA - CHILD ABUSE - THE PROBLEM OF THE ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILD, REV. ED. https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/59571NCJRS.pdf
Developmental Sequences of Girls Delinquent Behavior https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/grants/242663.pdf
Child Sex Rings: A Behavioral Analysis https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/126804NCJRS.pdf
The ElTIotional Effects of Testifying on Sexually Abused Children https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/146414NCJRS.pdf
Population Attributable Fractions of Psychiatric Disorders and Suicide Ideation and Attempts Associated With Adverse Childhood Experiences https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2007.120253
The relationship between childhood sexual abuse and mental health outcomes among males: Results from a nationally representative United States sample https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0145213417300297/1-s2.0-S0145213417300297-main.pdf?_tid=ca59584e-7718-4bcb-9575-56f958bec0eb&acdnat=1549328594_85f4ea5d34760df59ae731ff57e65a01
darkknight111 ago
This is actually pretty useful. Relevant to the Judith Barsi case (I cover stuff like this in part 2 of said case).