How to tell if your child has ADHD

Currently, there are more and more children suffering from ADHD. Many children with ADHD are diagnosed only after showing obvious symptoms of hyperactivity and inability to concentrate. Many parents do not have a deep understanding of ADHD and believe that children's hyperactivity is natural and will become more restrained as they grow up. This is not entirely true. So let me tell you how to determine whether your child has ADHD.

Signs and symptoms of ADHD:

1. Attention deficit: The inability to maintain active attention for a long time to meet the level corresponding to the child's age and IQ is one of the core symptoms of ADHD. The attention of such children is easily distracted by the environment and their attention span is short. As a result, they often appear inattentive when playing with building blocks or attending classes, are easily distracted by environmental interference, and frequently shift their attention from one activity to another.

2. Excessive activity Most children are extremely active since childhood. In an environment that requires relative quiet, the amount and content of activities increase significantly, which is particularly prominent in situations that require self-restraint or order. It is another core symptom of ADHD. Hyperactivity usually begins in early childhood and becomes more pronounced after entering elementary school due to various restrictions.

3. Impulsiveness: Due to their lack of self-control, hyperactive children often overreact to unpleasant stimuli, often act without thinking, are irritable, and destroy things without considering the consequences. It manifests itself as childishness, willfulness, poor self-control, easy irritability and impulsiveness, easy excitement due to external stimuli, and strong sense of frustration.

4. Learning difficulties The intelligence level of children with ADHD is generally normal or close to normal. However, due to attention deficit and hyperactivity, it still brings certain difficulties to learning, affecting the children's classroom learning effect and the speed and quality of completing homework, resulting in poor academic performance and academic performance inconsistent with the intellectual level.

If you have any of the above four symptoms, then you may be suffering from ADHD. At this time, you need professional examination in the hospital to make a correct diagnosis. If a child is diagnosed with ADHD, parents should take good care of the child and be more tolerant and understanding. They should also pay more attention to the child's diet and ask the child to eat more iron-rich foods.