How To Care For A Child With ADHD

In other to understand how to care for a Child with ADHD, we need to define what ADHD is

What is the full meaning of ADHD?

ADHA stands for, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. 

Children with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors (may act without thinking about what the result will be), or be overly active.”

ADHD is characterized by inattention, overactivity, and impulsivity, and it is most common in childhood. According to reports, boys are more frequently diagnosed with ADHD often than girls, and research is yet to prove why it is so and girls with ADHD, tend to be quieter than their male counterparts who are overly active.

It is a “minimal brain damage” or “hyperkinetic syndrome” and was clinically defined in the year 1902. 

since then, ADHD interferes in a patient’s social and academic activities. “ADHD can begin before children enter school, it is most commonly identified and treated in primary school, around ages 7 to 9 years,” see source link for more https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK82363/.

ADHD is not a mental illness as assumed by most people especially, in developing countries but it is rather a mental disorder. Children with ADHD can achieve a lot with adequate care, love, and attention, and they can in some cases be treated too.

There are subtypes of ADHD:

1) Predominantly inattentive: this is characterized by inattention.

2) Predominantly hyperactive/impulsive: this is characterized by hyper-activeness and impulsiveness. 

3) Combined: this is the combination of both Predominantly inactive and Predominantly hyperactive/impulse characteristics.

ADHD can be mild, moderate, or severe, and it may continue from childhood into adulthood.

Causes of ADHD:

As there has not been a laboratory test to diagnose ADHD, so also, there have not been any identified specific cause of the disorder. 

How To Care For A Child With ADHD

However, evidence shows that it can be genetically inherited. Other causes include brain injury, premature birth, and smoking by the mother during pregnancy.

ADHD Symptoms:

1) Very low attention span.

2) Easily distracted.

3) Hyper activeness.

4) Unable to focus.

5) Restlessness.

6) Fidgets.

7) Squirms.

8) Has trouble with being quiet.

9) Very impatient with others, etc.

ADHD Treatments:

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder TREATMENT is usually i the form of stimulants and non-stimulants are used, as well the use of cognition enhancement medications.

 

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ADHD Antihypertensive drugs.

Caring for a child with ADHD requires a lot of patience and love because of their peculiar nature.

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