Claire McCarthy,MD
"If your child is having problems with attention, focus, hyperactivity, impulsivity, or some combination of those,and is at least 4 years old, your first step should be an appointment with your child’s primary care doctor."
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
What is the ADHD ?
The full form of it is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder which finds from childhood and it can peosist into adulthood. In addition, the ADHD child his behavior is evident through impulsivity, inattention and in some cases hyperactivity.
When it happens ?
The ADHD appers before 12 years and it can note early with some children with 3 years. That happens based on some reason such as nervous system disorders, hypertyroidisn, stress and other reasons. In addition, they stated that male children are more susceptible to infection than female children by 2 to 3 times.
How it happens ?
It happens when there are the differences in a brain activity and a brain development which can effect in many things. For example of that are the ability to self-control, attention, sit still and impulsivity.
What is the difference between the ADHD child and High Energy child?
There is only one difference between them. That difference is the symptoms of the child with high-energy appears in one environment only and in the form of waves whether it is in home, school, or anything else. While, the symptoms of the ADHD child appear at least in two different environments.
Signs of ADHD:
Running or climbing,touching everything, difficulty to engage in a quite activities, fiddeting nonstop, difficulty concetrating, losing track of items and lack/weahness in ability to contol activities.
DR. Thomas Brown
"Both the well-intentioned critics and the guilt-ridden criticized shared the erroneous assumption that symptoms of ADHD could be overcome with sufficient determination and continuing exercise of presumably available willpower."