How to improve children’s ADHD?

How to improve children's ADHD problem? First of all, children's problems lie more with their parents, so we need to pay attention as parents. If the child is usually overly active, has a bad temper, procrastinates when eating, or often has a lack of attention. If you are concentrated, you should suspect whether you are suffering from ADHD. ADHD in children has some defects in attention and slight disorders in brain function. It is a common non-drug-treated child behavioral disorder. If it is not promptly consulted with a doctor for correction after discovery, it may affect the child's learning and interpersonal relationships. and the impact on self-personality and other aspects.

The prevalence of ADHD in children is about 5 to 10%. It is more likely to occur in school-age children, accounting for about 1 to 10% of all primary school students. There are more boys than girls and more premature babies than full-term babies. Birth baby. At present, the diagnosis of ADHD in children can be divided into three aspects, namely neurophysiological testing, behavioral examination and psychological testing. When a child shows signs of being active or inattentive, it must be clearly identified and not easily concluded that the child has ADHD. conclusion, and even seek medical treatment in a hurry.

Key ways to judge ADHD in children

(1) Hyperactivity: Most of them start after children enter school in early childhood, with obvious characteristics such as constant small movements in class and touching everything they can touch. Touch, talk too much, like to be provocative, often fight with classmates, or often engage in physically dangerous activities without considering the possible consequences (not thrill-seeking).

(2) Inattention: If you don’t pay attention to the lecture, you will lose focus and you will be curious about stimulation from all sides.

(3) Emotional instability: For example, he is impulsive and willful, yells for no reason, often rushes to answer before others ask questions, or is impatient and impatient and does not do things as required.

(4) Learning difficulties: The child has normal intelligence, but because hyperactivity affects learning progress, the disease usually begins before the age of 7 and lasts for more than 6 months.

Research has found that local cerebral blood flow in the brains of children with ADHD is abnormal. Children with more severe behavioral symptoms such as hyperactivity or impulsivity have less blood perfusion in the frontal and parietal lobes, and the striatum There is a general decrease in the perfusion of the brain areas; when performing the same cognitive tasks, the activity of specific brain areas of the brains of children with ADHD is also different from that of normal children. Being active, imitative and imaginative are the psychological characteristics of children that are different from adults. They are often just out of curiosity. Therefore, you may want to patiently educate children who are suspected of having ADHD. Parents should not casually say that their children have ADHD. , but this will affect the child's intellectual development and increase his mental burden.

Don’t make a fuss about it, understand the cause and take effective prevention

It is still not clear what exactly causes ADHD in children. It may be related to the following factors:

(1 ) The mother has many complications during pregnancy or perinatal period, or has a history of heavy smoking or alcohol abuse.

(2) There are more hyperactivity or inattention among relatives; the prevalence rate of monozygotic twins among twins is as high as 51 to 64%; alcoholism, antisocial personality or hysteria among relatives There are many people.

(3) Although the research results of neurotransmitter enzymes are often conflicting, they can be regarded as a way of researching the cause of this disease.

(4) Severe lead poisoning can cause fatal toxic encephalopathy or dementia and other neurological damage, but there is no conclusion yet on whether mild lead poisoning will cause ADHD.

(5) The influence of social family or psychological factors, such as adverse social environment or family conditions (broken families, economic poverty, crowded housing or parents with bad personality, alcoholism, drug abuse or mental illness, etc.) It can become a cause of disease and affect the development and prognosis of the disease.

(6) Healthy nutritional factors, such as vitamin deficiency, food allergies, food flavorings or artificial colors, may make children prone to ADHD.

If auxiliary treatment for ADHD in children is ignored, it will be difficult for the child to adapt to society when he grows up, and his personality will be easily distorted and go astray; he may develop anxiety, personality disorder, interpersonal tension, lack of achievement or socioeconomic status. Therefore, treatment must be carried out, and treatment must not be taken lightly. Currently, there are two ways for families to conduct self-improvement treatment:

Behavioral therapy:

Take children to participate in appropriate cognitive activities to improve Its attention and memory; secondly, through specific training, such as through books, videos or telling stories to mentally correct children's bad behaviors.

When children behave well, give them timely affirmation and praise to enhance their self-confidence. Children should be educated to avoid sarcasm, criticism, beatings and other bad practices that damage their self-esteem.

Psychiatric therapy:

Parents, teachers and classmates should provide understanding, warmth and care to children with ADHD so that children have the confidence to overcome difficulties, persist in treatment and overcome psychological barriers. ADHD does not heal on its own; 70% of patients will have symptoms into adolescence, and 30% will continue into adulthood, even throughout their lives. Whether children with ADHD can grow up healthily depends on early detection, early diagnosis, early intervention and early training.

Green therapy--acupoint patch, Ruishuqiong belly button patch, which is administered through acupoints to avoid the side effects of internal medicine, is well absorbed, and has a certain regulating effect on children's ADHD.

Children’s ADHD is a common psychological and neurological disease in children. Currently, there is no specific drug treatment, but the treatment effect through psychological consultation is generally good. 50% of children with ADHD will have their hyperactivity problems disappear when they grow up, but inattention, impulsivity, or willfulness may persist for a longer period of time. Therefore, when children are found to have similar symptoms, they should seek medical attention and patiently improve and adjust.