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How is ADHD treated
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There are two prominent signs of ADHD: hyperactivity and distractibility. Children with ADHD are more difficult to bring up from an early age. Some mothers recalled that their children were very active during the fetal period, and after birth, they were even more active, restless, moving their hands and feet, and even not quiet when they were breastfeeding, making it difficult for them to feed themselves, cry all the time, and have trouble falling asleep. After falling asleep, the baby wakes up easily, and wakes up especially early in the morning; in some cases, the baby sleeps very hard and is difficult to wake up. But when they wake up, they want to get up immediately. When learning to walk, they panic and fall. He is always fumbling with things he can get, either breaking toys or knocking over bowls. When adults are not paying attention, he has already done something unexpected. At the same time, their attention stays on one thing for a very short time, and they are easily distracted by external sounds and other ***, and this distraction is unconscious and uncontrollable. These children can not pay full attention when doing games, often halfway; often act without thinking, very impulsive. There is no patience, and when doing group games, they will often suddenly run up and do damage. They are emotionally unstable, crying suddenly and then talking and laughing like nothing happened a few minutes later.
The causes of ADHD are many and varied. Experts believe that ADHD is a behavioral disorder, which is also known as mild brain dysfunction or mild brain damage. There are both internal and external factors that may cause ADHD in children.
Internal causes include the role of heredity - as scholars have found that more relatives of affected children have ADHD than people from other families. There are also children who have had intrauterine infections, oxygen deprivation, and birth asphyxia at birth or while their mothers were pregnant, which may have caused brain damage. There are also many external causes: a poor parental relationship, a child's learning difficulties, or excessive academic stress can weaken the brain's regulatory functions, contributing to the onset and persistence of ADHD. There are also children born by cesarean section who are prone to ADHD, over-nutrition after birth can lead to ADHD, and other causes such as lead poisoning. The exact cause of ADHD is not well understood.
How can you tell if your child has ADHD or is just hyperactive?
〈1〉Relation between attention and interest: Children with ADHD do not have a single interest and cannot concentrate for long periods of time no matter when or where they are, and have symptoms of attention deficit. The hyperactive child can concentrate on what he likes to do and hates the interference and influence of others. He is restless in class and when doing homework, mainly because of a lack of interest in learning.
〈2〉 Purposeful, planned and systematic actions: The actions of a hyperactive child are often purposeful, planned and organized. The hyperactive child's actions are often impulsive and disorganized, with no beginning and no end.
〈3〉Self-control: In a serious, unfamiliar environment, an active child has the ability to control himself or herself and stops making a lot of noise. Children with ADHD do not have this ability, and are often accused of being "unintelligent.
Experts suggest that children after six years of age can be diagnosed with ADHD, but of course there are some details that can remind parents to pay attention to early in the 0-6 year old stage of the child. ADHD children if not corrected in time, affecting academic performance and social adaptability.
Most doctors do not diagnose ADHD in children under 6 years of age because almost all preschoolers have similar symptoms to a greater or lesser extent. Even in older children, it can be difficult to diagnose ADHD. Doctors have to refer to parents' and teachers' evaluations to some extent, and their evaluations often diverge: an ADHD child may be able to be engrossed in video games for hours at home, while not being able to sit still for ten minutes in spelling class. Additionally, ADHD can be subdivided into three conditions: extremely active, careless, and a combination of the two. And there are some children with ADHD who may never appear to be extremely active.
If you think your child has attention problems, it's best to talk to a doctor, who can look at the subtleties of the symptoms to distinguish whether it's a problem like ADHD or another type of mental disorder.
3. Real brain disorders
The latest scanning technology has allowed doctors to gain a deeper understanding of the physiological factors that underlie ADHD - disorders of brain development. In the late 1990s, detailed brain-analysis maps found that ADHD kids were relatively unresponsive to the outside world *** in specific areas of the brain. A more recent investigation also found that the brains of children with ADHD are 4% smaller than other children. Other studies have found that ADHD has difficulties in regulating dopamine and norepinephrine, both of which play important roles in focusing attention and controlling impulses.
Television viewing also affects attention development to some extent. A recent investigation conducted by Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center found a link between ADHD and early TV watching behavior. The study showed that if a 1-3 child tunes in to TV for an hour a day, the opposite effect on attention increases by nearly 10 percent by the time he reaches age 7.
4, ADHD occurs regardless of gender
Some traditions have suggested that boys are more likely to develop ADHD, and that they are seven times more likely to develop the condition than girls. But recent surveys show the ratio is actually only 3 to 1. According to experts, it's not so much that more girls are developing ADHD, but rather that psychiatrists have found subtle differences in the way ADHD is characterized in children of different genders. Girls, for example, are relatively less disruptive and manifest more in a love of fantasizing or chatting. Their ADHD is more of the careless type than the extremely active type.
5. Good medication track record
Common medications used to treat ADHD include methylprednisolone hydrochloride (Ritalin), and dextroamphetamine sulfate. As for the specific efficacy of these medications in reducing ADHD symptoms, it's not certain, but researchers believe they can regulate dopamine and norepinephrine levels, allowing children to focus and reduce impulsivity.
Of course all of these medications have side effects to a greater or lesser degree, including lack of appetite, temporary slow height growth, cramping, and sleep problems. Still, experts believe the benefits far outweigh the side effects from the drug. Among children who combined medication and therapy, 68 percent were considered to be back to normal; this value reached 56 percent among those who took the medication alone; and the recovery rates for children who had only therapy and physician care were one-third and one-quarter, respectively.
6, treatment is necessary
Many psychologists believe that drugs alone can not completely eradicate the child's problems, and that appropriate treatment is necessary. Through treatment to help the child to solve the problem of not good at making friends, lack of self-confidence, but also to strengthen the child's organizational skills. Since ADHD tends to affect the whole family, it is best to have the ADHD child and his parents or other family members work together in the treatment.
7. ADHD may stay with a child for life
Doctors usually assume that as a child grows older, the distractions will go away, but in fact the effects of ADHD extend far beyond childhood. Recent studies have found that 40-80% of kids with ADHD continue to have a variety of different symptoms as they enter adolescence, and another 50% will continue to progress into adulthood.
Of course, symptoms vary with age; a 20-year-old may no longer be fidgety, but may still not be able to concentrate and stay in a class or complete a lengthy desk job. Overall, the outward manifestation of extreme activity seems to disappear (or evolve into other mass behaviors such as exercising or playing sports) and is replaced by carelessness that gets worse with age. And the inherent genetic phenomenon is still there. A recent survey found that parents with ADHD children in the family were up to 24 times more likely to have a similar condition than those without.
TIPS: How to help your "active" child
1. Help your child focus. Focus on what the child likes, play with him, mobilize the child's interest in learning, so that his attention time lengthened. For example, when the child likes to draw, you should give him plenty of space, and you can even draw with him.
2, enrich the child's life content. Mom and dad try to arrange the child's life as colorful as possible, so that he has the opportunity to vent excess energy. For example, let him participate in appropriate sports, such as balance beam, jumping on the bed.
3. Avoid leaded foods. Lead poisoning is one of the causes of ADHD, do not give the child to eat lead food, such as eggs, popcorn and so on. Don't give your child aluminum utensils.
4. Encourage your child and reduce stress. Give your child proper encouragement and affirmation so that he can learn to persevere. Don't call him a "stupid kid" because he can't count or play the piano. Don't put pressure on your child and let him grow up easily.
5, do not fight in front of the children. The poor relationship between parents is also one of the causes of ADHD, and it is important to give the child a good example and teach him that impulsiveness and quarrels are not the way to solve the problem.
According to the pediatric treatment center experts said that the current treatment methods for ADHD are mainly drug therapy, psychotherapy, behavioral therapy and diet therapy. One of the central nervous system stimulants, such as Ritalin, is the most traditional, most widely used, the most widely used means of treatment, it is more effective in treatment, can improve attention. However, the disadvantage of Ritalin is that it cannot cure the disease and can only be taken for a long period of time. The side effects are mainly on the growth and development of children. Pediatrics treatment center experts first recommended traditional Chinese medicine combined with massage-based treatment, no side effects, fast results, stable and not easy to recur.
Chinese medicine combined with massage treatment of pediatric hyperactivity
From the Chinese medicine point of view, the analysis, the child is a young Yin and Yang body, the internal organs are delicate, the shape of the gas is not full, that is, the child's internal organs and organs and physical development is not yet mature, the function is still not perfect, compared with the adult is in the internal organs is not strong, the essence is not full, not full of the meridians, the gas and blood is not enough, the spirit of the state of the timid and weak. On the other hand, due to the pediatric organs of the morphological structure and function are immature, inevitably towards the mature and perfect aspects of development, that is, showing vigorous, rapid growth and development phenomenon. This is the so-called "yang often have more, yin often insufficient" theory.
Through long-term clinical practice and observation, this disease is found to be kidney yin insufficiency, liver yang biwang type; heart, spleen and qi deficiency type; dampness and heat within the phlegm and fire disturbing the heart type is the most common, the treatment emphasizes the adjustment of the balance of yin and yang as a principle, in order to nourish the kidney as the basis, and the liver will be leveled, clearing the heart, strengthening the spleen, tranquilize the spirit of the wisdom, expectorate phlegm to remove blood stasis and so on throughout, so as to summarize the set of effective treatment, the method to the combination of traditional Chinese medicine and massage-based, with education and psychological and behavioral corrective treatment comprehensive, and the method is to be used in a variety of ways.
1, the effect is more significant, rectal drip of the drug is more than twice as effective as the oral.
2, the course of treatment is shorter, usually 1 to 2 weeks can see the effect.
3, remove the children afraid of eating "bitter" trouble.
4, to avoid some of the side effects of Western medicine, is conducive to the physical and mental health of children.
5, combined with traditional Chinese medicine massage, and drug synergy to enhance the therapeutic effect.
6. Combined with psychotherapy, children can adapt to the surrounding environment and overcome mental health problems faster.
7, the treatment of ADHD at the same time can also enhance appetite, strengthen the body, improve sleep, etc., to achieve the effect of overall conditioning.
Childhood is an important period of life, if the child can not receive a good education in school, anorexia, truancy, performance decline; grow up due to the lack of basic knowledge, it is difficult to learn the necessary skills, difficult to get a job, and the impact of lifelong. Pediatrics treatment center experts in the treatment of ADHD has a unique insight and a wealth of clinical experience, and hope that through the treatment of each child with ADHD to grow up healthy.