Introduction to ADHD in young child. This article is a copyright of www.adhdchildparenting.com. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is also known as hyperkinetic syndrome in many areas of the world.
Generally, ADHD in young children is more common than that of adults. For the ease of understanding ADHD in detail I have some categorize this article into following sub-headings, history and Epidemiology. When that ADHD first happen?
No one knows precisely. It might be present even in Stone Age but we have no records. In 493 BC, physician, scientists, hypocrites describe the condition that seems to be compatible with what we now know is ADHD.
But he could not specify any points that could be made much relevant but it was first describe by Doctor Jamie Coffman in 1845. He first notices it in his own son a child living wit ADHD who was suffering from ADHD at the age of three. He was a renowned writer and poet as well. His creation the story of Faithfully Philip was an accurate description of a little boy who had a Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
In 1902, Sir George F Still for the first time published of proper series of lectures with more detailed account to Royal College of Physicians in England. He describe that a child with at ADHD has genetic this function and this causes a child to be impulsive with significant behavioral problems.
All over the world ADHD is very common. Three - Five percent children in pre-school age suffered from ADHD. This means that only in USA approximately 2 million children are living with ADHD. According to one recent study almost 14% of all the children suffering from different psychological disorders are diagnosed with ADHD. 10% out of them are boys while four percent are girls showing male predisposition for ADHD etiology of ADHD. ADHD is development of neurological disorder. Generally it is observe that ADHD is genetically predisposed.
Twin studies have confirmed the genetic inherit age factor. One/fifth of all ADHD children are not genetically predisposed. They either have history of trauma or brain injury by physical toxins but post natal. Any complications during pregnancy or birth also play a major role in advance mean of ADHD in young child. Premature birth also predisposed a child with ADD or a ADHD. Similarly women who smoke or use alcohol during pregnancy have more risk to have a child with ADHD disorders frequently associate with ADHD. ADHD is more like a syndrome rather than a disorder. Usually a child living with ADHD is not only suffering from ADHD.
There are can be several other disorders or conditions that can accompany ADHD. Few of them are listed here for general overview: One, learning disabilities; 20-30% of ADHD are reported to have learning disabilities. Almost all children reported with ADHD at some point face difficulty in learning and writing. They have difficulty in understanding certain sounds or words and or difficulty in expressing oneself in words. They may have reading and spelling disabilities.
Two, Tourette Syndrome. A small portion of ADHD children have Tourette Syndrome as well. They have nervous ticks and can even have repented of the problems. Grimacing, eye blinks, facial twitches, sniffing, snoring, frequent clearing of throats etc are mostly observed.
Three, oppositional define disorder as many as 1/3 to ½ of all children with ADHD mostly boys have another condition known as appositional define disorder. Add, these children are frequently rebellious, stubborn, recalls hatred, have outburst of temper or become quarrelsome. They dispute with adults and is angry about to follow.
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