Physical abuse
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| ICD-10 | T74.1 |
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Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause pain, injury, or other physical suffering or harm.
Basic forms include:
- striking
- punching
- pushing, pulling
- slapping
- Whipping
- striking with an object
- Locking in out of a room or place/False imprisonment
- pinching
- kicking
- having someone fall
- kneeing
- strangling
- drowning
- sleep deprivation
- exposure to cold, freezing
- exposure to heat or radiation, burning
- exposure to electric shock
- placing in "stress positions" (tied or otherwise forced)
- cutting or otherwise exposing somebody to something sharp
- exposure to a dangerous animal
- throwing or shooting a projectile
- exposure to a toxic substance
- infecting with a disease
- withholding food or medication
- spanking is subject to controversy as to whether it qualifies as physical abuse.
- assault
- bodily harm
- humiliation
- torture
- Blinding a person/causing vision impairments e.g. throwing acid into eyes/face, having eyes gouged out.
- negligenceja:身体的虐待
tr:Fiziksel istismar
