What do you know about ADHD?
Every parent must observe their children in their earlier years for any abnormal behavior and get them tested for ADHD.
What is ADHD?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as ADHD is a condition is small children, which makes them difficult to control their behavior and pay attention. In a class of thirty students, around three students have ADHD.
ADHD Symptoms
Its symptoms include hyperactivity, inattention and impulsivity. All these symptoms are common in any child but kids with ADHD, experience these at a younger age. These symptoms are observed over a period of time and confirmed by a qualified professional.
Many children with ADHD have other disorders such as learning disability, Tourette syndrome, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression.
Causes of ADHD
Most of the parents are anxious ADHD and would like to know its causes. Is it the social factors or child-rearing methods or nerves or genetic disorders?
Some of the reasons might be smoking and alcohol consumption of the mother during pregnancy. Or the other environmental factor could be higher lead levels in the bodies of school children. The other reasons could be due to food additives such as sugar and aspartame.
The exact answer is unknown yet, but parents must look forward to support their children in this difficult situation.
ADHD Treatment and medications
Every parent is anxious to determine the suitable treatment for their child. The government funds some of the treatments. The four common methods include:
- Medication management alone
- Behavioral treatment alone
- A combination of both
- Routine community care
by Prasanna on June 21, 2008
Published in: General
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Tags: ADHD, anxiety, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, bipolar disorder, child disorders, conduct disorder, depression, learning disability, oppositional defiant disorder, Parents, Smoking, Tourette syndrome
Jane Hersey Said,
June 22, 2008 @ 8:24 pm
The four suggestions listed for dealing with ADHD (medication, behavioral treatment, etc.) have been the same ones used for many years, and yet the problem continues.
In May the British Medical Journal carried an editorial by Andrew Kemp, MD, professor of pediatrics at the University of Sydney in Australia. Dr. Kemp pointed out that behavior mod is routinely recommended as one of the treatments for ADHD even though, he maintains, there is little scientific evidence for its effectiveness.
At the same time, Dr. Kemp wrote, there is a great deal of scientific documentation for the value of a diet removing things like petroleum-based dyes. He referred to the recent Southampton University study showing that a modest dose of dye and one preservative brought on ADHD symptoms in the general population, not just in children with a prior diagnosis. This study follows a 2004 meta-analysis by researchers from Harvard and Columbia. They reviewed 23 studies on dyes, 15 of which dealt with ADHD, and found that there is clear evidence supporting the use of diet for ADHD.
The editorial calls for doctors to recongnize that diet should be considered a standard treatment, along with drugs; it should not be considered to be an “alternative.”
Two months before this editorial appeared the American Academy of Pediatrics published an article saying that diet is a reasonable treatment for ADHD.
For a wealth of information on research, as well as practical approaches for helping these children, see http://www.ADHDdiet.org.