child disorders


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Oct 11

Common disorders in children

Learn to identify six of the seven problems the child is mostly to share. These disorders affect children and adolescents, some appear only to pre-adolescence.

Autism

The childhood autism is a disorder of severe development reaching the functions of communication and language, social development and imagination. To limit development, early diagnosis is essential. A supported by intensive education programs before the age of 4 years can make improvements. In most cases, diagnosis occurs to the age of 3-4 years, sometimes later. But most parents spot the early symptoms during the first two years of the life of their child.

Children with language delay, a echolalia (repeating words), or a withdrawal should be conducted to diagnostic centers to benefit from a comprehensive assessment (cognitive, neurological, metabolic , imaging ,..).

Hyperactivity

Hyperactivity in children is manisfestations through three main symptoms: constant agitation, an attention deficit and impulsiveness leading to discontinue the activities of others. These events echo on the functioning of the child, usually made at the age of 7 years after the first apparition learning difficulties due to the turmoil and lack of concentration of the child, could intervene earlier , from 3-4 years. Some warning signs such as agitation or intolerance to frustration, in fact, appear well before the entry to primary school. Experts add that early diagnosis is all the more necessary that there are treatments  and hyperactivity is associated in 50-70% of cases, other mental disorders (conduct disorder, anxiety disorders, depression, learning disorders, tics …).

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