Treatment of mentally retarded children

We all know that as parents, every parent hopes that their children can grow up smart and healthy. However, when a child suffers from mental retardation, this is also the most painful thing for parents. The child's mental retardation makes parents worry about their children's education and self-care ability. In fact, if it can be discovered early, it can also help alleviate the child's mental retardation, so that it will not have such a big impact on the child's growth path. Let's learn about the treatment methods for mentally retarded children.

Treatment of mentally retarded children

The key to treatment lies in early detection, early intervention and drug treatment. Rehabilitation therapy is also a very important aspect. It mainly includes the following aspects:

1. Treatment of the cause;

2. Treatments that promote or improve brain cell function;

3. Symptomatic drug treatment. For patients with certain types of mental retardation whose causes are clear, special education training should be accompanied by treatment targeting different causes to prevent the progression of the disease and facilitate recovery. You can choose from a variety of amino acids, cerebrovascular disease, r-aminobutyric acid and other drugs for treatment.

4. Except for a few children with clear causes who can be given early drug treatment, most children rely on education and training. The purpose of education is to enable patients to learn some skills to make a living and strive to support themselves; the purpose of training is to enable patients to take care of their own lives and reduce their dependence on others in this regard. At present, the tendency is to educate children with mild mental retardation in ordinary school environments as much as possible, which is the so-called normal education. For children with severe and profound mental retardation, the main issues are daily care and nursing. Most patients with extremely severe MR die in infancy, so adult patients with severe and extremely severe MR are rare.

prevention

The preventive measures mainly include the following aspects:

1. Conduct genetic metabolic examinations and counseling, avoid consanguineous marriages, and provide genetic counseling for carriers to ensure eugenics;

2. To give birth at the right age, it is necessary to carry out prenatal and perinatal health care, including amniotic fluid examination, examination of diseases including chromosomal diseases, neural tube defects, metabolic diseases, high-risk pregnancy management, neonatal intensive care, discourage pregnant women from drinking and smoking, avoid or stop using drugs that have adverse effects on fetal development, and other measures; and scientific methods of delivery.

3. Popularize health education and nutrition guidance;

4. Provide immunizations against infectious diseases, viruses, bacteria, and protozoa;

5. Prevent various infections and accidents, reduce craniocerebral trauma and accidents, correctly treat brain diseases, and control epileptic seizures;

6. Strengthen preschool education and early training, conduct regular health checks on preschool children (physical, nutritional, mental and psychological development, vision and hearing); prohibit neglect and abuse of children.

7. Follow up high-risk newborns, detect diseases early, and provide treatment. In particular, it should be noted that early nutrition (protein and trace elements such as iron and zinc) and appropriate environmental stimulation have a good effect on intellectual development; pay attention to screening for metabolic diseases (such as hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria) in newborns.

The above is an introduction to the treatment methods for mentally retarded children. After understanding it, we know that the intellectual development of children also requires parents to take more careful care and protection. We should interact more with children. I play some games with children that help intellectual development. In addition, we must master certain methods and ways when educating mentally retarded children, and go to the hospital for regular check-ups.