What are the clinical manifestations of ADHD in children?

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a new term developed by modern medicine. I believe many parents have heard of this disease after having children. But what is ADHD? What are the clinical manifestations of ADHD in children? Does it mean that only children who can't sit still and run around have ADHD? Let’s take a look together today!

1. Pay attention to defects

The core symptoms of this disease are obvious difficulty in concentrating and short attention span that are disproportionate to age. Patients often have difficulty paying attention when listening to lectures, doing homework or other activities, and are easily distracted by external stimuli. Unable to pay attention to details in study or activities, and often make mistakes due to carelessness. Difficulty maintaining attention, often intentionally avoiding or being unwilling to engage in tasks that require sustained concentration for a long time, such as classwork or homework. Procrastination and failure to complete homework or assigned tasks on time. Patients are prone to losing things, often losing toys and school supplies, forgetting daily activity schedules, and even forgetting homework assigned by teachers.

2. Too much activity

Symptoms include patients often appearing restless, making many small movements of their hands and feet, being unable to sit still, and twisting and turning in their seats. Leaving your seat without permission, running around or climbing in the classroom or other quiet situations. Has difficulty engaging in quiet activities or games and is constantly busy throughout the day.

3. Impulsive behavior

Make behavioral responses quickly when information is insufficient. They behave impulsively, do things without considering the consequences and act based on their momentary interests. As a result, they often fight or have disputes with their peers, resulting in adverse consequences. Interrupting others when they are speaking, answering the teacher's question before he or she has finished answering, and being unable to wait patiently in line.

Inattention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior are the core symptoms of ADHD and have diagnostic value.

4. Difficulty in learning

Because attention disorders and hyperactivity affect patients' listening in class, the speed and quality of completing homework, resulting in poor academic performance, which is often lower than what their intelligence should achieve.

5. Abnormal development of the nervous system

The patient's fine motor skills, coordinated movements, and spatial position sense are poorly developed. For example, turning hands, finger movements, tying shoelaces and buttoning are not convenient, and it is difficult to distinguish left from right. A small number of patients have problems such as delayed language development, poor language expression ability, and low intelligence.

6. Conduct Disorder

The comorbidity rate of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder is as high as 30% to 58%. Conduct disorders manifest themselves as aggressive behaviors, such as verbal abuse, beating classmates, destroying property, abusing others and animals, sexual assault, robbery, etc., or some behaviors that are inconsistent with moral norms and social norms, such as lying, truancy, running away from home, arson, theft, etc.

ADHD is not an incurable disease, nor is it as exhausting as schizophrenia. When facing children with ADHD, parents should teach them patiently and not use domestic violence or treat them roughly. At the same time, parents who have the conditions should take their children to the hospital for examination and seek scientific solutions from professionals.