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Shaken baby misdiagnosis: Parents made to 'feel like monsters'

A suspected shaken baby case has been stopped after a rare medical condition was found

A suspected shaken baby case has been stopped after it emerged the girl involved has a rare medical condition - Ehlers Danlos Syndrome which explained her injuries. Carla Andrew and Craig Stillwell鈥檚 three month old daughter Effie was taken into care last year for eight months after Craig was arrested.

The couple say they were "made to feel like monsters" by the professionals working on the case and are hoping to spread awareness of misdiagnosis of shaken baby syndrome.

Geoff Debelle, child protection officer from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, says there are consequences "whichever way we get it wrong" - both misdiagnosing a condition and taking a child away from its parents or missing abuse and leaving a child with its parents.

(Image: Baby feet. Credit: Getty Images)

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