Evaluating for Abuse in a Child with a Disability


The Exam

Her behavior during the exam provided the answer.

CHAMP Education for Child Abuse Medical Providers

Accessible Version

During the genital exam you see that she reaches down with both hands and starts scratching her inner thighs in the same location as the hyperpigmentation. Given the erythema of her labia and the white vaginal discharge and her behavior above, you diagnose her with vaginal candidiasis and treat her.